- Both breasts show many densely radiopaque nodules, compatible with free silicone residue from previously ruptured silicone implants.
-The newer left saline implant has ruptured and collapsed completely. The rounded density is the inflation port.
-The right saline implant is intact.
Discussion
Complications of breast implants include fibrous capsule formation (usual), capsule contracture, capsule herniation, intracapsular rupture, extracapsular rupture.
http://eradiology.bidmc.harvard.edu/Classics/item.aspx?section=Emergency+Radiology&labelpk=33f0adab-853f-4010-a0e2-0756b3f1eac5&pk=ae82373a-f588-4487-99e7-ad48d559848b
Saturday, July 31, 2010
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