Imaging diagnosis of mammary glands with implant

Abstract

The abstract study evaluates the algorithm of diagnosis of breast implant complication imaging medical methods. The idea of implantation exists for more centuries being practiced since in 1962. Knowledge concerning technical and medical modem possibilities, advantages, risks, complications of breast implant and apparition of cancer in the future are initial conditions of objective judgment in monitoring patients with breast prosthesis. In this section, we analyzed two aspects, which show the correlation between breasts implant: - assessing the integrity of implant (detect early and late complications), - the diagnosis of breast cancer or some other diseases of mammal gland in bearers of mammary implants; finally estimating, sensibility, specificity and effectiveness of each separate imaging methods and complexity. To assess the technical performance of diagnostic methods and conduct of diagnostic imaging were investigated following moments: 1 .Number of implants examined. 2. Number of implants, whose complications which were confirmed at surgery. 3. To calculate sensitivity, specificity and accuracy study. Breast implants are of different types and shapes, with different coatings and content. Implant shape may be rounding, oval or anatomical. There are several types of implants: saline-containing implants, silicone gel-filled implants, smooth or cohesive, joint implants. Knowledge of breast implant issue is a current problem namely surveillance of these patients in terms of early detection of specific complications of breast implants As a diagnostic method of first choice are as follows: clinical evaluation, ultrasound, mammography, MRI. To highlight the relationship between imaging mammary gland and breast implants we consider the following two aspects: 1. to evaluate breast implant integrity (rupture and leak detection) 2. Diagnosis of breast cancer and other diseases associated with carrying breast implant patients.