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BMJ Case Reports 2012; doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-006351
  • Rare disease

Silicon granuloma mimicking lung cancer

  1. Richard Teoh2
  1. 1Department of Respiratory, Sheffield Teaching Hospital, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
  2. 2Department of Respiratory, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, West Yorkshire, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Liaquat Ali, liaquat103139{at}yahoo.com, liaquat.ali{at}sth.nhs.uk

Silicon granuloma is one of the benign complications of breast implant failure but this is rarely reported. We report a 66-year-old lady presented to respiratory department with history of weight loss and a chest x-ray was highly suggestive of a lung malignancy. Further investigation including CT thorax and breast ultrasound suggested siliconoma that was later on confirmed on tissue biopsy.

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