EPITHELIALIZATION OF THE LINING OF A BREAST IMPLANT CAPSULE - POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA-ASSOCIATED WITH A BREAST IMPLANT CAPSULE

Authors
KITCHEN SB PALETTA CE SHEHADI SI BAUER WC
Citation
Sb. Kitchen et al., EPITHELIALIZATION OF THE LINING OF A BREAST IMPLANT CAPSULE - POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA-ASSOCIATED WITH A BREAST IMPLANT CAPSULE, Cancer, 73(5), 1994, pp. 1449-1452
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
Cancer → ACNP
ISSN journal
0008543X
Volume
73
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1449 - 1452
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-543X(1994)73:5<1449:EOTLOA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The authors described a case in which the capsule surrounding a breast implant was lined by benign squamous epithelium. A second case, in wh ich a woman was found to have a squamous cell carcinoma in the capsule surrounding a breast implant, was also reported.