Cutaneous Silicone Granuloma Mimicking Breast Cancer after Ruptured Breast Implant

Joint Authors

Foged Henriksen, Trine
El-Charnoubi, Waseem Asim Ghulam
Joergen Elberg, Jens

Source

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-3, 3 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2012-01-26

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

3

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

Cutaneous manifestations due to migration of silicone from ruptured implants are rare.

Migrated silicone with cutaneous involvement has been found in the chest wall, abdominal wall, and lower extremities.

We describe a case of cutaneous silicone granuloma in the breast exhibiting unusual growth mimicking breast cancer after a ruptured implant.

American Psychological Association (APA)

El-Charnoubi, Waseem Asim Ghulam& Foged Henriksen, Trine& Joergen Elberg, Jens. 2012. Cutaneous Silicone Granuloma Mimicking Breast Cancer after Ruptured Breast Implant. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

El-Charnoubi, Waseem Asim Ghulam…[et al.]. Cutaneous Silicone Granuloma Mimicking Breast Cancer after Ruptured Breast Implant. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

El-Charnoubi, Waseem Asim Ghulam& Foged Henriksen, Trine& Joergen Elberg, Jens. Cutaneous Silicone Granuloma Mimicking Breast Cancer after Ruptured Breast Implant. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447959

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-447959