Intrathoracic Migration of a Silicone Breast Implant 5 Months After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
- Vol. 36 (3), 306-307
- https://doi.org/10.1097/rct.0b013e31824cc060
Abstract
A 72-year-old woman, who had previous bilateral reconstruction mammoplasty, underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for a right middle lobe pulmonary carcinoid. Five months after her surgery, the patient noticed an acute pronounced reduction in her right breast volume, with shortness of breath and cough. A computed tomography study of the chest revealed intrathoracic migration and rupture of her right breast implant, with associated silicone thorax. Subsequent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery confirmed this diagnosis.Keywords
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