Altération de l'état général chez une patiente porteuse d'implants mammaires en polyéthylène depuis 1967. À propos d'un cas clinique exceptionnel

We report the case of a patient with mammary implants for 42 years. She presented for three years a change of the general state with clinicobiological demonstrations of indefinite origin, and a progressive bilateral increase of her mammary volume until it became exceptional. The surgery of explantation allowed the retreat of two masses of almost 6 kg. The analysis did not put in evidence any malignant process but confirmed that it was about prostheses in polyethylene. In one year of recession, a considerable improvement of her general state was observed.