An unusual case of a ruptured Poly Implant Prothèse breast implant associated with xanthoma

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2016 Mar 11;3(1):11-5. doi: 10.3109/23320885.2016.1153974. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

A suspicious breast mass was intra-operatively found in a female patient previously operated for breast augmentation with the Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) implants. The neoplasm was verified as xanthoma and an asymptomatic microrupture of PIP was also detected. This report discusses possible association of breast xanthoma with PIP implant rupture.

Keywords: PIP implant; Poly implant prothese; xanthoma.

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