Neuroimaging in Breast Implant Illness: An fMRI Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some women with breast implants report systemic and cognitive symptoms known as breast implant illness (BII), which are very similar to those of fibromyalgia. Functional MRI (fMRI) has shown altered brain activity in fibromyalgia patients.

Objectives

The aim of this pilot study was to investigate whether brain alterations could be observed in BII patients by fMRI.

Methods

Women aged 18 to 76 with silicone breast implants for cosmetic reasons were recruited through a Dutch online BII support organization (MKS) and through the Maastricht University Medical Center. Study participants comprised 12 women with BII and 12 women without symptoms. Participants completed questionnaires regarding demographic characteristics, medical history, psychosocial complaints (F

SUBMITTER: Misere RML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9830978 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature