Paraffin is a kind of hydrocarbon known as carcinogenic substance, and with respect to possibility that injecting it into breast may cause a breast cancer, there were lots of debates in the past, but in reality such case where such type of breast
cancer
happened in paraffin injected breast is excessively rare internationally.
Authors experienced one case of infiltrating ductal cancer happened in left breast of a woman aged. 38, injected paraffin into her breast for the purpose of cosmetic breast augumentation within both breasts four years ago and would reach the
following
conclusion.
1. By letting side effect of injection of paraffin within the body known widely, it should prohibit using thing.
2. One who has an experience to have injected paraffin into breast in the past should put subcutaneous mastectomy in paraffin injected breast for effect.
3. Such case where there is paraffinoma in the breast, there is possibility to accompany breast cancer, so she should do this for excisional biopsy without fail, and such case where breast cancer is found, she should have proper modified radical
mastectomy and postoperative adjuvant therapy be carried into effect.
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