Rudolph R, Abraham J, Vecchione T, Guber S, Woodward M
Plast Reconstr Surg. 1978 Aug;62(2):185-96. doi: 10.1097/00006534-197808000-00006.
Fibrous tissue capsules, from around silicone breast implants, were examined by light microscopy, and by transmission and scanning electron microscopy, the latter combined with energy dispersive X-ray analysis. Contractile fibroblasts (myofibroblasts) were found in most of these fibrous capsules, and especially in those recently formed or manipulated. The element silicon was positively identified by X-ray analysis in half the tissue specimens. This material was found only around gel-filled implants. In the specimens studied, the clinical hardness of the breast was unrelated to the presence of silicon in the capsule.
对硅胶乳房植入物周围的纤维组织包膜进行了光学显微镜检查、透射电子显微镜检查和扫描电子显微镜检查，后者结合了能量色散X射线分析。在大多数这些纤维包膜中发现了收缩性成纤维细胞（肌成纤维细胞），尤其是在那些新形成或经过处理的包膜中。通过X射线分析在一半的组织标本中明确鉴定出了硅元素。这种物质仅在填充凝胶的植入物周围发现。在所研究的标本中，乳房的临床硬度与包膜中硅的存在无关。
