Here you may find the breast glossary. Learn the terms you may encounter in the articles on breast surgery.

Glossary (C-Z)
Glossary (C-Z)

Calcifications/ Calcium Deposits are hard lumps, which can develop under the skin around the breast implant. These lumps can easily be mistaken for cancer during mammography, which can possibly lead to an additional surgery, either to biopsy the lumps or to the implant removing.
Capsular Contracture is called the scar tissue or capsular, which normally forms around the breast implant, and which leads to tightening and squeezing the implant out. There exist four grades of capsular contracture, which range from grade I – when the breast is yet soft and looks natural enough, and up to grade IV – when the breast is already hard, it is painful and looks abnormal.
Capsule is called the fibrosis tissue, which develops around some foreign body, for example, around the breast implant.
Chest Wall Deformity is the phenomenon, when either the chest wall or underlying rig cage occurs to be deformed because of the removal of the breast implants and breast tissue.
Cleavage is called the area between the breasts.
Cooper’s Ligament is the name of the connective tissue, which holds the breast tissue to the breast envelope and upper chest wall.
Cutaneous is anything, which has any relation to the skin.

Delayed Reconstruction is the type of a breast reconstruction, which can occur weeks, months or even years after a mastectomy surgery has been conducted.

Envelope is the term, which is used to define the outer lining of a breast implant, which traps the inner fluids, sealing them in.
Expander Implant is called a temporary breast implant, which is inflated with saline slowly, and which is used to stretch the tissue in its preparation for a permanent breast implant.
Extracapsular Rupture is the silicon gel – filled breast implant rupture, in which the silicone gel is outside of the fibrous scar capsule, which develops around the implant.
Extrusion is the name of the skin breakdown phenomenon, in the result of which the breast implant appears through the skin.

Fascia is the term, which is used to define a sheet of connective tissue, covering or binding muscles or organs.
Fibrosis Tissue is the tissue, which contains tight woven strands of collagen protein.
Flap is called a portion of tissue, which may consist of muscle, fat and skin, and which has its blood supply moved from one part of the body to another.
Flap Reconstruction is the process, as well as the result of a removal breast rebuilding, using a flap in order to form the breast mound.
Fluff is when the breast implant drop into a slowly lower and more natural position. This usually occurs after the skin and muscle have relaxed during healing completely.
Full Unders is called one placement of a breast implant. In this case the implant is placed not only under the pectoralis muscle, though under the serratus muscle and the fascia of the rectus abdominal muscles as well.



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