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A case of inflammatory breast cancer following augmentation mammoplasty with silicone gel implants

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A 54-year-old-woman who underwent augmentation mammoplasty with silicone gel implants 30 years previously, visited our hospital with complaints of bloody nipple discharge, redness and itching of her right breast. Cancer of the right breast was diagnosed by dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination with Gadolinium (Gd)-DTPA enhancement. Radical mastectomy was subsequently performed. The histopathological findings demonstrated scirrhous and inflammatory breast cancer with invasion of dermal lymphatics.

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Abbreviations

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

Gd-DTPA:

Gadoliniumdiethylene triamine pentaacetic acid

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  1. First Department of Surgery, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Japan

    Shinji Kasamaki, Masahiko Tsurumaru, Toshiki Kamano, Shigeru Kobayashi & Mako Hino

  2. Department of Radiology, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Japan

    Ryohei Kuwatsuru

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Kasamaki, S., Tsurumaru, M., Kamano, T. et al. A case of inflammatory breast cancer following augmentation mammoplasty with silicone gel implants. Breast Cancer 7, 71–74 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02967191

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