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01-01-2017 | Clinical Practice: Clinical Images
Silicone Breast Implant Rupture in a 70-year-old Woman Presenting with Multiple Superficial Nodules
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 1/2017
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A 70-year-old female who had breast augmentation with silicone implants in 1988 presented with a 6-day history of new-onset multiple nodules over her abdominal wall, left groin, and arm after lifting a heavy crate. She was noted to have breast asymmetry with reduced left breast size on physical examination. Her superficial nodules were minimally erythematous, firm, and mildly tender without obvious fixation to the overlying skin or underlying tissue (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1
Anterior view of the left arm nodule
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