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Ruptured gel-filled silicone breast implants: sonographic findings in 19 cases.

DOI

49

Citations

0

References

1992

Year

K A Rosculet, Debra M. Ikeda, M E Forrest, Robert M. O’Neal, J M Rubin, Deborah O. Jeffries, M A Helvie
American Journal of Roentgenology

Abstract

Our experience suggests that echogenic noise is a unique sonographic sign of ruptured silicone gel breast implants and may be caused by phase aberration related to the speed of sound being slower in silicone than in soft tissue.