Migration and chemical modification of silicone in women with breast prostheses | Zendy

Garrido Leoncio | Zendy; Pfleiderer Bettina | Zendy; Jenkins Bruce G. | Zendy; Hulka Carol A. | Zendy; Kopans Daniel B. | Zendy

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Migration and chemical modification of silicone in women with breast prostheses

Author(s) -

Garrido Leoncio,

Pfleiderer Bettina,

Jenkins Bruce G.,

Hulka Carol A.,

Kopans Daniel B.

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

magnetic resonance in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696

H-Index - 225

eISSN - 1522-2594

pISSN - 0740-3194

DOI - 10.1002/mrm.1910310314

Subject(s) - silicone , in vivo , in vitro , magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , biomedical engineering , medicine , chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance , biochemistry , biology , radiology , organic chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , physics

Studies using magnetic resonance spectroscopy in human volunteers to evaluate their livers in vivo and to analyze their blood in vitro suggest that there are measurable amounts of silicon compounds in the blood of some women with implants and that there is migration of silicone to other organs such as the liver.

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