[Axillary silicon lymphadenopathy after breast augmentation]

We report on a case of axillary lymphadenopathy in a 40-year-old woman secondary to a bilateral silicone augmentation mammoplasty which occurred 10 years after surgery. Microscopic silicone leakage ("bleeding") from an intact prothesis lead to sizeable lymph node enlargement. The suspected malignant tumour (metastasis/malignant lymphoma) could be ruled out by histological examination of the lymph node.