Breast Gallery

Lactating breast tissue, light micrograph

Lactating breast tissue. Light micrograph of a section through healthy breast (mammary gland) tissue during lactation. Glandular tissue in the breast has proliferated to produce spaces (alveoli, white) through which milk flows. The glands are arrange in lobules which make up 15 to 20 lobes. The milk drains from the lobes via the milk-bearing lactiferous ducts to the surface of the nipple

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Nude (Reclining with Hands behind Head), 1930 (gelatin silver print)

1197690 Nude (Reclining with Hands behind Head), 1930 (gelatin silver print) by Stone, Sasha (1895-1940); 29.2x39.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo A© Christie's Images; German, out of copyright

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Ruptured breast implants, MRI

Ruptured breast implants. Coloured magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of ruptures in both of a woman's breast implants (red). These are intracapsular ruptures, the most common type. The material within the implants (either saline or silicone) has breached the implant membrane, but not the capsule of fibrous scar tissue (green) that forms around the implant after surgery. This type of rupture is characterised by the linguini sign, thin curvy lines (blue) seen within the implant on MRI scans. These lines are the sections of the implants membranes that have collapsed. Approximately fifty per cent of all implants rupture after twelve years

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