Calcification in Augmentation Mammoplasty
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 130 (2) , 337-340
- https://doi.org/10.1148/130.2.337
Abstract
Cases (25) of augmentation mammoplasty from among 1600 routine mammograms were divided into paraffin and silicone compound groups. Calcification occurred in 11 cases and was seen in 75% of the paraffin group and 29% of the silicone group. The calcifications in the paraffin group were small, annular and too numerous to be counted. They were diffusely distributed and tended to involve the lymph nodes. The calcifications in the silicone group were large, egg-shaped, localized and fewer in number. Lymphadenopathy was rare. The 2 groups also differed in time elapsed between mammoplasty and mammography.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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