A nonrandom association of breast implants and the formation of desmoid tumors.

Philippos Apolinario CostaStaci MarbinBruna Menon Loureiro Apolinario CostaAndrea Patricia Espejo-FreireEduardo Edelman SaulPriscila Barreto-CoelhoAhkeel AllenMuhammad O HakimNeha GoelGina Z D'AmatoTy SubhawongJonathan C Trent

Published in: The breast journal (2021)

We present a nonrandom association between breast implants and desmoid tumors. Whether the tumors arise from the surgical trauma or the implant's biomaterial is unknown. When surgery is indicated, negative margins reduce the risk of recurrence.

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soft tissue
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