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Michelle T Nguyen1, Asha A Bhatt2
1Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 1(st) Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, United States of America.
Abstract:
The linguine sign is a radiologic sign seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that indicates intracapsular rupture of silicone breast implants. It refers to multiple curvilinear lines that appear on MRI, representing the outline of the elastomeric shell of the silicone implant floating freely within the silicone gel. The term first appeared in literature in 1992 when optimal imaging techniques and modalities for implant rupture were still unclear, and since then the term "linguine sign" has been widely used to describe evidence of intracapsular rupture.
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