Breast Carcinoma Following Silicone Injection.
- Author:
Jin Young PARK
1
;
Kweon Cheon KIM
;
Hyeun Jin CHO
;
Cheong Yong KIM
;
Jung Hwan CHANG
;
Dong Chool KIM
;
Sung Chul LIM
Author Information
1. Department of General Surgery, Chosun University Medical College, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Breast cancer;
Silicone injections;
Breast augmentation
- MeSH:
Breast Neoplasms*;
Breast*;
Female;
Humans;
Lymph Node Excision;
Mastectomy, Modified Radical;
Middle Aged;
Noma;
Physical Examination;
Silicones*
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2000;58(4):574-579
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 57-year-old woman developed an inflammatory carcinoma in her left breast next to the spot of a silicone injection that had been used for augmentation some 20 years previously. She underwent a modified radical mastectomy with an axillary lymph node dissection. There have been relatively few cases reported in the literature that have noted breast cancer associated with silicone injections. During physical examinations, such breasts are frequently firm, tender, painful, and inflamed. Far more important, in silicone-injected breasts, carcinomas become more difficult to detect by physical examination, mam mography, and other known methods. Although no causal relationship between silicone and breast carci nomas is implied, a heightened awareness of the possible coexistence of silicone mastopathy and a breast carcinoma is necessary.
