Published in Rheumatology, Volume 23, Number 3,  Pp. 227-229    

case-report    

POST-MAMMOPLASTY HUMAN ADJUVANT DISEASE

M. A. BYRON¹, V. A. VENNING² and A. G. MOWAT¹

¹Department of Rheumatology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Headington, Oxford 0X3 7LD
²Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital Headington, Oxford

Correspondence to: Address correspondence to Dr. M. A. Byron.

Morphoea and keratoconjunctivitis sicca developed in a woman with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis six years after augmentation mammoplasty. Previous reports of post-mammoplasty connective tissue disease have followed the use of silicone gel, whereas the more ‘biologically inert’ saline-filled silastic implants were used in this case.

KEY WORDS: Mammoplasty, Silicone, Adjuvant disease, Morphoea

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