Evaluation of the rupture of silicone breast implants by mammography, ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging in asymptomatic patients: Correlation with surgical findings

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 41-47

  Anabel Medeiros, Scaranelo ^a   Ferreira Marques, Américo ^a   Smialowski, Elizabeth Brenda ^b   Lederman, Henriquel Manoel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast implants; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mammography; Rupture; Silicone; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 2942667801     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802004000200002     Document Type: Article

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