ReviewThe British journal of radiology2018
Imaging findings of mammary and systemic silicone deposition secondary to breast implants.
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- Delayed progressive fibrotic lung disease associated with bilateral silicone breast implant rupture: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- Granuloma-Related Hypercalcemia Secondary to Silicone-Induced Granulomatous Lymphadenopathy: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Dual-energy computed tomography for assessment of silicone-induced lymphadenopathy.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society · 2026Article
- Confounding diagnosis of metastatic disease on FDG PET/CT due to cosmetic liquid silicone administration in breasts and gluteal regions with silicone migration to labia majora.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Silicone Lymphadenopathy in Women with Breast Implants: A single-center retrospective study.JPRAS open · 2025Article
- Silicone deposition and adverse pulmonary events secondary to breast implant rupture.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Evaluating silicone breast implant rupture with photon-counting CT and volumetric silicone maps.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Photon-counting CT of degenerative changes and rupture of silicone breast implants: a pilot study.European radiology experimental · 2024Article
- Breast Implant Illness May Be Rooted in Mast Cell Activation: A Case-Controlled Retrospective Analysis.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2024Article
- A case of extracapsular silicone gel implant rupture with contralateral gel migration.Case reports in plastic surgery & hand surgery · 2024Article
- Medical Imaging of Inflammations and Infections of Breast Implants.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Breast Implant-Associated Immunological Disorders.Journal of immunology research · 2022Review
- Biopsy Results Are Not Sufficient to Exclude Breast Implant-associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Case Mistaken for Disseminated Silicosis.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2020Article
- The Inflammatory Effects of Breast Implant Particulate Shedding: Comparison With Orthopedic Implants.Aesthetic surgery journal · 2019Review
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Abstract
In patients with silicone breast implants, implant rupture can occur, which can be intra- or extracapsular. Following implant rupture, silicone can travel through the lymphatic system into regional and distant lymph nodes. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to present findings of silicone implant rupture with intramammary and systemic silicone deposition as seen on dual energy CT, ultrasound, mammogram, PET/CT and MRI. We include imaging findings of silicone deposition in the breast in cases of intra- and extracapsular rupture. We also present silicone deposition in mediastinal, axillary, and internal mammary lymph nodes, as well as in the liver and spleen. To our knowledge, deposition of silicone in the liver and spleen has not been previously demonstrated on cross-sectional imaging. While all imaging modalities were able to detect silicone in the spleen, ultrasound appeared to be more sensitive than dual energy CT or MRI for detection of silicone deposition in the liver.
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