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A Case of a Giant Siliconoma Mimicking Localized Breast Cancer Cover

A Case of a Giant Siliconoma Mimicking Localized Breast Cancer

Open Access
|Aug 2024

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Figure 1

a. Right mammogram (mediolateral oblique view): partially visible oval, well-circumscribed deep mass. b. Ultrasonography of the right breast: deep, well-circumscribed hyperechogenic mass with typical “snowstorm.”

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Figure 2

a. MRI T1-weighted Dixon water image. b. T2-weighted image. Deep right upper mammary lesion, at least partially intra-pectoral, oblong in shape, with irregular margin.

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Figure 3

Intraoperative finding after exploration.

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Figure 4

HEx100: Typical multiple silicone vacuoles with macrophages and numerous multinucleate giant cells within the breast lobules and stroma.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.3691 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 6, 2024
Accepted on: Aug 12, 2024
Published on: Aug 23, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Virginie Van Boeckel, Denis Danthine, Jean-Luc Nizet, published by Ubiquity Press
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