silicon and Fibrocystic-Breast-Disease

silicon has been researched along with Fibrocystic-Breast-Disease* in 1 studies

Other Studies

1 other study(ies) available for silicon and Fibrocystic-Breast-Disease

Article	Year
Silicon in human breast tissue surrounding silicone gel prostheses. A scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray investigation of normal, fibrocystic and peri-prosthetic breast tissue. Scandinavian journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery, 1988, Volume: 22, Issue:2 Implanted silicone breast prostheses leak silicone gel through the intact membrane. In order to determine the exact location and to achieve a semiquantitative estimation of the amount of silicone in the surrounding tissue, a method involving scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive analysis of X-rays (EDAX) was used. By this method we were able to demonstrate the presence of the element silicon (Si) (main component of silicone, a polymer with a general formula e.g. (CH3[Si(CH3)2O]n Si(CH3)3 along the inner border of vacuoles corresponding to the light microscopic localization of droplets and in macrophages. The tissue adjacent to the prostheses had a higher silicon content than the control tissue. Topics: Breast; Electron Probe Microanalysis; Female; Fibrocystic Breast Disease; Gels; Humans; Macrophages; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Prostheses and Implants; Silicon; Silicones	1988

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Silicon in human breast tissue surrounding silicone gel prostheses. A scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray investigation of normal, fibrocystic and peri-prosthetic breast tissue.

Scandinavian journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery, 1988, Volume: 22, Issue:2

Implanted silicone breast prostheses leak silicone gel through the intact membrane. In order to determine the exact location and to achieve a semiquantitative estimation of the amount of silicone in the surrounding tissue, a method involving scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive analysis of X-rays (EDAX) was used. By this method we were able to demonstrate the presence of the element silicon (Si) (main component of silicone, a polymer with a general formula e.g. (CH3[Si(CH3)2O]n Si(CH3)3 along the inner border of vacuoles corresponding to the light microscopic localization of droplets and in macrophages. The tissue adjacent to the prostheses had a higher silicon content than the control tissue.

Topics: Breast; Electron Probe Microanalysis; Female; Fibrocystic Breast Disease; Gels; Humans; Macrophages; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Prostheses and Implants; Silicon; Silicones

1988