Prospective Radiologic Evaluation of Changes Following Fat Grafting

University of Minnesota35 enrolled

Overview

Breast implants are currently used for cosmetic breast augmentation and in breast reconstruction following mastectomy for breast cancer. Fat grafting is a technique where fat is injected around the periphery of a breast implant to camouflage the transition between implant and the body. The investigators propose to show mammography images of women who have had breast implants with fat grafting to informed and blinded radiologists and evaluate their readings of the images. Hypothesis: with mammographic screening, radiologists will be able to distinguish between findings associated with fat grafting and those which are suspicious for breast cancer.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 84 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Women with silicone implants and fat grafting Exclusion Criteria: * Procedures performed outside the University of Minnesota or Clinique Spontini Paris, France

Locations (2)

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Radiologist dictations of mammograms

We will compare the Bi-Rad level score readings, and recommended follow-up of the blinded and non-blinded radiologist's read of study participants mammograms.

Time frame: We will obtain mammograms and MRIs of participants at intervals of 6 months for up to 24 months post fat grafting.