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A patient is presented with massive heterotopic ossification of breast implant capsules, 17 years after surgical implantation of Silastic prostheses. The patient has been receiving oral calcium supplements for the past 3 years. This condition developed diffusely throughout the breast capsules. The capsules were 1.2 to 2.2 cm thick and demonstrated a layered structure. The calcified material was demonstrated radiologically and histologically to be true ossification.
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Peters, W.J., Pritzker, K.P.H. Massive heterotopic ossification in breast implant capsules. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 9, 43–45 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570683
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570683