Associate Professor, Emcas Plastic Surgery Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Case Report
A Case Report Of Breast Cancer In Breast Augmentation Surgery With Injection Of Free Liquid Silicone
Author(s): Tung Dinh Nguyen*, Le Thi Thanh Phuong, , Tran Kim Hung, Truong Van Phung, Pham Xuan Khiem and Dinh Ngoc Quynh Nhu
Breast augmentation surgery with an injection of free liquid silicone has been performed since the early 1960s but was abandoned by most practitioners because numerous complications have been reported, such as migration of silicone to other parts of the body, inflammation, discoloration, and the formation of granulomas, ulceration and fistulae, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, silicone-induced granuloma, breast carcinoma. In this case report, we describe an invasive breast carcinoma, diagnosed via core needle biopsy, in breast augmentation by injecting free liquid silicone ten years ago, including breast imaging findings on mammography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), macroscopic and microscopic features. The nipple-sparing mastectomy was performed for two breasts that were injected with liquid silicone. In the right breast with adenocarcinoma, surgical margins above nipple-areola.. View More»
DOI:
doi.10.37532/22.11.3.7-9
