Sonographic and mammographic findings of breast liquid silicone injection

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 273-277

  Scaranelo, Anabel Medeiros ^a   Ribeiro Maia, Maria De Fátima ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast; Foreign bodies; Mammography; Silicone; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; LIVER NODULE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BREAST DISEASES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SILICONES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 33745736012     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20235     Document Type: Article

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