MRI diagnosis of the complications of polyamide hydrogel injection for augmentation mammoplasty

Objective: To analyze MRI findings and its clinical significance in complications of polyamide hydrogel injection for augmentation mammoplasty. Methods: The complication findings of MR imaging in 20 cases with polyamide hydrogel injection for augmentation mammoplasty were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. Results: In 20 patients, 26 breasts suffered from complications, including infection (n=5) with pieces of long T1 and long T2 signals, aseptic inflammation (n=2) with pieces of slight long T1 and moderate T2 signals, hard nodule (n=10) with long T1 and long T2 signals, and rupture (n=5) with pieces and nodes of long T1 and long T2 signals on MR images. Conclusion: MRI has the great diagnostic value in the detection of complications after polyamide hydrogel injection for augmentation mammoplasty, and it should be taken as the first diagnostic choice. (authors)