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. 2016 Mar 31;10(3):11–19. doi: 10.3941/jrcr.v10i3.2549

Table 3.

Differential diagnosis table of chest imaging findings in a male patient with pectoral implants.

Mammography/Ultrasound/Computed Tomography
Breast Mass Gynecomastia, findings secondary to trauma, post-surgical change, primary breast cancer
Peri-Implant Fluid Collection
  • Seroma/hematoma: recent post-operative

  • Infection: bacterial or fungal

  • Carcinoma: anaplastic large cell lymphoma

Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Density
  • Post-surgical change -Inflammatory changes

  • Atypical cancer: anaplastic large cell lymphoma

Adenopathy Metastatic disease from primary or non-breast primary cancer, lymphoma, leukemia, inflammatory/reactive