Intrathoracic migration of a breast implant seven years after thoracotomy. A case report

Damirov, Fuad; Zimmermann, Julia; Ketscher, Christian; Hatz, Rudolf; Manapov, Farkhad und Lindner, Michael (2022): Intrathoracic migration of a breast implant seven years after thoracotomy. A case report. In: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, Bd. 98, 107506

Abstract

A 52-year-old woman, who had previous bilateral subpectoral breast augmentation, underwent thoracotomy for a right upper lobe pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Seven years after her thoracic surgery, the patient noticed a reduction in her right breast volume, with shortness of breath and cough. A computed tomography study of the chest revealed intrathoracic migration of her right breast implant with no sing of capsule rupture. Subsequent video-assisted thoracoscopy confirmed this diagnosis.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 2210-2612
• Sprache: Englisch