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Case Reports
. 1994 Mar 1;73(5):1449-52.
doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19940301)73:5<1449::aid-cncr2820730520>3.0.co;2-j.

Epithelialization of the lining of a breast implant capsule. Possible origins of squamous cell carcinoma associated with a breast implant capsule

S B Kitchen  1 , C E Paletta, S I Shehadi, W C Bauer
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Epithelialization of the lining of a breast implant capsule. Possible origins of squamous cell carcinoma associated with a breast implant capsule

S B Kitchen et al. Cancer. .

Abstract

The authors described a case in which the capsule surrounding a breast implant was lined by benign squamous epithelium. A second case, in which a woman was found to have a squamous cell carcinoma in the capsule surrounding a breast implant, was also reported.

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