Summary
We report the case of a 44 year old lady with bilateral cosmetic silicone breast implants
who had previously undergone a change of her right implant following extracapsular
rupture. She presented 4 years later with a new lump in her right breast and underwent
subcutaneous mastectomy for a grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma. Sentinel lymph node
biopsy demonstrated axillary silicone lymphadenopathy but nil evidence of metastatic
disease. We present this as the first described case of successful sentinel lymph
node biopsy in the context of prior augmentation mammaplasty and ipsilateral implant
rupture with silicone lymphadenopathy.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: October 08, 2012
Accepted:
September 10,
2012
Received:
March 12,
2012
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Copyright
© 2012 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
