Resumen

GARCIA-SOTO, Germán; CASTANO, Jorge  y  SMITH-MENESES, Ronald. Silicone-induced lymphadenopathy in a patient suffering from mammary prosthesis: a case report. Rev Colomb Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2006, vol.57, n.2, pp.112-115. ISSN 0034-7434.

This is a case report of a 47-year old woman having no antecedents of disease, but a surgical history of silicone breast-implants 8 years beforehand. The patient’s complaint concerned the left axillary lymph nodes. A ganglion resection was done and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) revealed giant multinucleated cells having abundant cytoplasmatic vacuoles and polymorphonuclear lymphocytes leading to a diagnosis of silicon-induced adenopathy. The prosthesis was then removed and changed. Lymph node FNAB is able to diagnose silicone lymphadenopathy and excludes malignant neoplasm.

Palabras clave : lymphadenopathy; silicone elastomers; breast implants; fine needle aspiration biopsy.

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