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MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Jean-Claude Mas, the Frenchman who has sparked a global health scare by selling substandard breast implants, was arrested on Thursday and could be charged with manslaughter, the public prosecutor in the city of Marseille said. (Source: Reuters: Health)

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We describe a case of cutaneous silicone granuloma in the breast exhibiting unusual growth mimicking breast cancer after a ruptured implant. (Source: Clinical and Developmental Immunology)

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The owner of a French breast implant maker at the centre of an international safety scare is arrested in the south of France, police sources say. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)

Jean-Claude Mas, who ran now-defunct Poly Implant Prothese, detained after scandal over faulty silicon implants (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Jean-Claude Mas, whose breast implant firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) has sparked an international health scandal by using substandard silicone, was arrested on Thursday and could be charged with manslaughter, a French police source told Reuters. (Source: Reuters: Health)

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Jean-Claude Mas, whose company used non-medical grade silicon in its breast implants, detained by police in France. (Source: Telegraph Health)

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) is calling on the UK government to ban cosmetic surgery advertising and tighten up industry regulations, including carrying annual checks on surgeons. The association has long voiced its objection to the use of "marketing gimmicks" to promote cosmetic surgery and what it sees as the lax regulation of the industry. It says people acquire unrealistic expectations from exposure to reality shows and competitions that feature cosmetic surgery "makeovers" and "body overhauls"... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Cosmetic surgery advertising should be banned and annual checks carried out on surgeons, the industry has said. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)

Dozens of women with faulty PIP breast implants say they've been told they can't have further tests, despite complaining of pain or wanting them removed. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)

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Newsbeat gets a tour around the UK factory where silicone breast implants are made. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)

Cosmetic surgeons call for ad ban and checks to weed out rogue surgeonsRelated items from OnMedicaLatest advice on PIP implantsDH moves to make cosmetic surgery saferCosmetic tourism is burdening the NHSPatients at greatest ever risk from cosmetic surgeryFaulty breast implants to be removed from 30,000 French women (Source: OnMedica Latest News)

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Cosmetic surgery advertising should be banned following the PIP breast implants scandal, the industry says. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)

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Cosmetic surgery clinics should be banned from advertising their operations, leading plastic surgeons have demanded. (Source: Telegraph Health)

Two friends of the late plastic surgeon Martin Kelly battle the Atlantic in the Talisker Whisky Challenge for the charity, Facing the World. (Source: Telegraph Health)

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Conclusions: The custom-made implants for cranioplasty showed a significant improvement in morphology. The implants may be very useful for repairing large and complex-shaped cranial defects. The technique may be useful for the bone reconstruction of other sites. (Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)