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Breast implants in patients with differentiated and undifferentiated connective tissue disease
- Source :
- Arthritis and rheumatism. 40(3)
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- Objective. To assess the frequency of breast implantation and the relationship of the implants to the onset of symptoms in patients with differentiated and undifferentiated connective tissue disease (CTD). Methods. We evaluated an inception cohort of patients with differentiated and undifferentiated CTD and symptoms of < 12 months duration when enrolled in 1983–1987. The risk of having breast implants in those patients with early symptoms of CTD was determined in comparison with that in a non-concurrent control group. Results. Only 3 of 323 women in the cohort had historical, physical, or chest radiographic evidence of breast implantation. In 1 of the 3 patients, the symptoms of CTD began before the breast implantation. The odds ratio was calculated at 1.15, with a 95% confidence interval ranging from 0.23 to 3.41. Conclusion. This study showed an absence of significant risk for prior breast implantation surgery in patients with well-defined or undifferentiated CTD.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Biopsy
Breast Implants
Immunology
Silicones
Cohort Studies
Rheumatology
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
medicine
Immunology and Allergy
Humans
Multicenter Studies as Topic
Pharmacology (medical)
Breast
Risk factor
Connective Tissue Diseases
Aged
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Undifferentiated connective tissue disease
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Connective tissue disease
Surgery
Female
CTD
Implant
business
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00043591
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Arthritis and rheumatism
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....38dcf5b91caa4a3a5baef80c251caccd