Mc. Hochberg et al., FREQUENCY OF AUGMENTATION MAMMAPLASTY IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC-SCLEROSIS - DATA FROM THE JOHNS-HOPKINS-UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-SCLERODERMA-CENTER, Journal of clinical epidemiology, 48(4), 1995, pp. 565-569
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The objective was to determine the frequency of augmentation mammoplas
ty in female patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Female patients w
ith a clinical diagnosis of SSc were identified from the registry of t
he Johns Hopkins-University of Maryland Scleroderma Center, Washington
D.C. Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation, and files of practicing r
heumatologists in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. A pretes
ted questionnaire was mailed to all eligible cases. Of 339 cases, 210
(62%) returned completed questionnaires. Three cases reported augmenta
tion mammoplasty with silicone gel-filled prosthesis: 2 (1%) prior to
and 1 (0.5%) after physician-diagnosis of SSc. The frequency of augmen
tation mammoplasty prior to physician-diagnosis of SSc of 9.5 per 1000
does not appear to differ from the expected frequency of 3.3-8.2 per
1000 derived from national population samples. A well-designed case-co
ntrol study with population-based controls and adequate statistical po
wer is being conducted to examine this possible association.