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. 2017 Dec 30;91(1089):20180098. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20180098

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Figure 11. — 60-year-old woman with history of implant explantation (a) Indeterminate right breast soft tissue masses and left axillary lymphadenopathy seen on monoenergetic CT (arrows) (b) DECT makes definitive diagnosis of residual silicone (red color) on DECT silicone images in the right breast and palpable left axillary node (arrows) as demonstrated by increased red signal. (c) MR silicone sensitive sequence showing high signal silicone in the right breast (arrow) and left axillary lymph node (arrow). (d) US of the left axilla show snowstorm appearance of silicone within the left axillary node (arrow). DECT, dual energy CT.