Injection-Induced Breast Siliconomas

1-Diagnostic dilemmas caused by silicone injections.- 2-History of augmentation mammoplasty and silicone injections.- 3-Research work: methodology behind diagnosis and treatment.- 4-Diagnostic imaging in silicone injection patients.- 5-Clinical presentations of mammary siliconomas.- 6-Silicones and autoimmunity.- 7-Therapeutic considerations.- 8-Pharmacological treatment of injuries caused by silicone or injected oils.- 9-Algorithm for treating granulomas produced by silicones injected to modify body contour.- 10-The Japanese experience with mastopathy secondary to injectable materials.- 11-The mastologists and the patient with mammary siliconomas.- 12-Prevention of breast cancer in patients with siliconomas.- 13-Risk-reduction mastectomy for breast siliconomas with immediate reconstruction.- 14-Silicone in the axilla and axillary siliconomas.- 15-Complication of silicone migration affecting peripheral nerves.- 16-Anatomic pathology of mammary siliconomas.- 17-Psychological considerations.- 18-Psychopathological profile of patients who opt for the injection of silicones to modify body contour.- 19-Social considerations.- 20-Bioethical considerations.- 21-Legal issues.- Appendices.

Gustavo Emilio Schenone, MDGrupo Medico, Private PracticeWebsite: www.drschenone.com.ar


Dr. Schenone graduated as a doctor at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Buenos Aires in 1992. He completed his general surgery residency in 1996 at the "Bernardo A. Houssay" Hospital, where he was elected Chief Resident. In 1999 he completed his training as a plastic surgeon at the Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín", Hospital School of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires, where he was elected Chief Resident. Professor in the Specialist Career in Plastic Surgery, Academic Unit Hospital de Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine, Buenos Aires University.     2008 to 2014 he was in charge of the Breast Reconstruction, Vulva, and Vagina sector in the Plastic Surgery Division of the Hospital de Clinicas-UBA. He has pubilshed works in Buenos Aires and abroad. He is a full member of the Argentine Society ofAesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery (SACPER), the Society of Plastic Surgery of Buenos Aires (SCPBA), the Argentine Association of Surgery (AAC), the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), and the Argentine Medical Association (AMA). From 2013 to 2014 he was part of the CODEP: Council of Professors of Surgery of the University of Buenos Aires. Since 2015 he has been dedicated to private practice and he teaches his assistants belonging to the University of Buenos Aires.