Open AccessMR imaging of breast paraffinomas.
Author(s) -
PekLan Khong,
Loretta Ho,
Jimmy H. M. Chan,
Lilian Leong
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.173.4.10511150
Subject(s) - medicine , breast imaging , breast mri , radiology , complication , mammography , breast augmentation , magnetic resonance imaging , mammary gland , pathology , nuclear medicine , breast cancer , surgery , implant , cancer
Our objective is to present the MR appearance of breast paraffinoma, a late complication of breast augmentation by liquid paraffin wax, and to correlate this appearance with the histopathologic findings that were available for three of the 11 breasts we studied.