Case of late hematoma after breast augmentation
We present a case report of a patient who experienced a late, spontaneous breast hematoma 26 years after primary breast augmentation. Late hematomas are a rare complication of breast augmentation with uncertain etiology. In this case, there was no trauma, calcifications, or implant rupture. We belie...
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| description | We present a case report of a patient who experienced a late, spontaneous breast hematoma 26 years after primary breast augmentation. Late hematomas are a rare complication of breast augmentation with uncertain etiology. In this case, there was no trauma, calcifications, or implant rupture. We believe the patient’s hematoma was secondary to erosion of a capsular vessel due to capsular contracture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-37831081f2774a6d925756fea2665ef42022-12-22T02:58:04ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Archives of Plastic Surgery2234-61632234-61712018-03-01450217717910.5999/aps.2016.01718900Case of late hematoma after breast augmentationLeslie Kim0Nikki Castel1Fereydoun Don Parsa2Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USADivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USADivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USAWe present a case report of a patient who experienced a late, spontaneous breast hematoma 26 years after primary breast augmentation. Late hematomas are a rare complication of breast augmentation with uncertain etiology. In this case, there was no trauma, calcifications, or implant rupture. We believe the patient’s hematoma was secondary to erosion of a capsular vessel due to capsular contracture.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.5999/aps.2016.01718breast implantscontracturehematoma |
| spellingShingle | Leslie Kim Nikki Castel Fereydoun Don Parsa Case of late hematoma after breast augmentation Archives of Plastic Surgery breast implants contracture hematoma |
| title | Case of late hematoma after breast augmentation |
| title_full | Case of late hematoma after breast augmentation |
| title_fullStr | Case of late hematoma after breast augmentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case of late hematoma after breast augmentation |
| title_short | Case of late hematoma after breast augmentation |
| title_sort | case of late hematoma after breast augmentation |
| topic | breast implants contracture hematoma |
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