BACKGROUND Synmastia after breast augmentation is a condition of aberrant communication of the breasts caused by violation of the chest midline by medial migration of one or both implants. This condition, though rare, has been seen with increasing frequency in the authors' practice. METHODS The records of 20 women with synmastia were reviewed. Data collection for these women included their pr...

A 39-year-old woman was referred for removal of cosmetic breast implants and related siliconoma. After an exchange of breast implants at a private clinic a year previously, she had asymmetry of the right breast, persistent pain, and a generally unacceptable cosmetic result. An MRI had shown a well-defined area with spots of silicone-like material at the upper pole of the right breast. Surgical ...

a forty two years old woman with a history of bilateral breast augmentation for cosmetic reasons was presented for poor healing of the surgical site. tissue and periprosthetic fluid were removed from the wound site revealing an atypical lymphoid infiltrate. subsequently the patient developed axillary lymph adenopathy. excisional biopsy was performed. flow cytometry was non-diagnostic. she conti...