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Case of the Week 604




What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • 51 year-old female with pre-hysterectomy study



Frontal Radiograph of Chest

  1. Asbestos-related Pleural Disease
  2. Talc Pleurodeisis
  3. Pulmonary Cyst
  4. Calcified Breast Implant
  5. Echinococcal Cyst

Additional Image - Lateral Radiograph of Chest

 

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Lateral Radiograph of Chest


Answer:


4. Calcified Breast Implant

 

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Calcified Breast Implant

 

General Considerations

  • Calcification can occur in the fibrous capsule that develops around a breast implant
  • More commonly occurs with first generation silicone implants, when the implant has been present for more than a decade, rupture of the implant
  • Subglandular implants are more likely to calcify than submuscular implants

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