ABSTRACT
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 T_1and long T_2 signals, aseptic inflammation (n=2) with pieces of slight long T_1and moderate T_2 signals, hard nodule (n=10) with long T_1 and long T_2 signals, and rupture (n=5) with pieces and nodes of long T_1 and long T_2 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.