The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

September 2018

Silicone breast implant associated fibromatosis.

Author Information

Hill E(1), Merrill A(1), Korourian S(2), Bryant-Smith G(3), Henry-Tillman R(1), Ochoa D(1).

(1)Div of Breast Surgical Oncology, Dept of Surgery, Univ of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Little Rock, AR. (2)Dept of Pathology, Univ of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR. (3)Dept of Radiology, Univ of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.

Publication

Ir Med J

Summary

Here, we describe a case of fibromatosis that developed within the capsule around a silicone breast implant treated with surgical excision alone. The patient remains recurrence free at 3 months post-operative magnetic resonance imaging.

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