Silicone lymphadenopathy and synovitis. Complications of silicone elastomer finger joint prostheses
- 4 April 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 237 (14) , 1463-1464
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.237.14.1463
Abstract
In 1 patient the prostheses broke, with silicone particles present in synovium (detritic synovitis). In another patient silicone particles were found in an axillary lymph node 5 yr after insertion of prostheses in the ipsilateral hand (prostheses were intact at the time). Microscopically, silicone particles in synovium and lymph node were identical to particles abraded from a new prosthesis.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: