Breast implant and desmoid tumor: is there an etiological relation?

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Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir. 2004 Dec;36(6):343-7.
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[Breast implant and desmoid tumor: is there an etiological
relation?]
[Article in German]

Jandali AR, Wedler V, Meuli-Simmen C, Künzi W, Meyer VE.

Klinik für Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Departement Chirurgie,
Universitätsspital Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Abed.jandali@chi.usz.ch

Desmoid tumor of the breast is a rare lesion. So far only 8 cases
in which the tumor origin was linked to a breast implant have been
published. Whether there is an etiological relation to the silicone
implant or if it is pure coincidence is not evident at this time. We
present the case of a 24-year-old female with congenital asymmetric
breasts who underwent breast augmentation in our division on the left
side and 15 months later had a breast reduction on the other side.
Nine years after the first operation we found a suspicious lesion on
the side of the breast implant. The histological result of the
excisional biopsy showed an aggressive fibromatosis "arising from" the
capsule around the silicon implant. We discuss the possible
association of breast implant and desmoid tumor of the breast and
evaluate the diagnostic and therapeutic options for desmoid tumors of
the breast.