Granulomatous reaction secondary to intramammary silicone injection

Learning points The US Food and Drug Administration never approved silicone for breast augmentation. The common complications after breast augmentation include local inflammatory reactions, autoimmune reactions and migration of silicone fluid to axillary node. 1 2 Therefore, it is important for the radiologist and breast surgeons to identify these complications, especially patients from Southeast Asia who had undergone illegal breast augmentation.