silicon and Breast-Diseases

Polarizing microscopy (PM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray dispersive analysis (EDAX), x-ray diffraction (XRD), and infrared spectrometry (IR) were used to study the following pathological mineralizations: calcifications and silicon(Si)-bearing mineralizations in cerebral tissue from an epileptic child; traces of Si-bearing particles in periprosthesic mammarian tissue, and calcifications in capsular mammarian tissue from a patient with a silicone gel mammarian implant, and 2 calcium-bearing compounds, a typical apatitic calcification, and a nonphosphorous-bearing calcification in arterial tissues. In this tissue we also found Si-bearing particles due to an artifact from glassware.

Topics: Aged; Apatites; Arteries; Artifacts; Brain Diseases; Breast; Breast Diseases; Breast Implants; Cadaver; Calcinosis; Child; Electron Probe Microanalysis; Epilepsy; Female; Foreign Bodies; Glass; Humans; Lymph Nodes; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Microscopy, Polarization; Middle Aged; Prostheses and Implants; Silicon; Silicone Gels; Spectrophotometry, Infrared; Vascular Diseases; X-Ray Diffraction

Topics: Breast Diseases; Breast Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Female; Humans; Mastectomy; Mastitis; Pregnancy; Prostheses and Implants; Silicon; Surgery, Plastic

Topics: Breast; Breast Diseases; Female; Humans; Prostheses and Implants; Silicon

Topics: Atrophy; Breast; Breast Diseases; Female; Humans; Hypertrophy; Mastectomy; Middle Aged; Prostheses and Implants; Silicon; Surgery, Plastic