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Uncommon presentation of a common aesthetic procedure: late infection of a ruptured silicone breast implant.

Breast augmentation using silicone implant is a common and popular aesthetic procedure with a high safety profile. Infection of silicone breast implants is a rare clinical entity, with skin commensal organisms often implicated as causative pathogen. Surgical treatment often involves removal of the i...

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Main Authors: Reynu, R, Kosai, NR, Aznan M,, Taher, MM
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2014
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8113/1/10-MS190-_Proof_%2885-88%29.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.81132016-12-14T06:46:15Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8113/ Uncommon presentation of a common aesthetic procedure: late infection of a ruptured silicone breast implant. Reynu, R Kosai, NR Aznan M, Taher, MM Breast augmentation using silicone implant is a common and popular aesthetic procedure with a high safety profile. Infection of silicone breast implants is a rare clinical entity, with skin commensal organisms often implicated as causative pathogen. Surgical treatment often involves removal of the implant with salvage procedures limited to selected cases. This case highlights a delayed presentation of an infected silicone breast implant presenting as a chest wall abscess 15 years after initial surgery. Penerbit UKM 2014-01-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8113/1/10-MS190-_Proof_%2885-88%29.pdf Reynu, R and Kosai, NR and Aznan M, and Taher, MM (2014) Uncommon presentation of a common aesthetic procedure: late infection of a ruptured silicone breast implant. Medicine & Health, 9 (1). pp. 85-88. ISSN 1823-2140 http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com
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description Breast augmentation using silicone implant is a common and popular aesthetic procedure with a high safety profile. Infection of silicone breast implants is a rare clinical entity, with skin commensal organisms often implicated as causative pathogen. Surgical treatment often involves removal of the implant with salvage procedures limited to selected cases. This case highlights a delayed presentation of an infected silicone breast implant presenting as a chest wall abscess 15 years after initial surgery.
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author Reynu, R
Kosai, NR
Aznan M,
Taher, MM
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Kosai, NR
Aznan M,
Taher, MM
Uncommon presentation of a common aesthetic procedure: late infection of a ruptured silicone breast implant.
author_facet Reynu, R
Kosai, NR
Aznan M,
Taher, MM
author_sort Reynu, R
title Uncommon presentation of a common aesthetic procedure: late infection of a ruptured silicone breast implant.
title_short Uncommon presentation of a common aesthetic procedure: late infection of a ruptured silicone breast implant.
title_full Uncommon presentation of a common aesthetic procedure: late infection of a ruptured silicone breast implant.
title_fullStr Uncommon presentation of a common aesthetic procedure: late infection of a ruptured silicone breast implant.
title_full_unstemmed Uncommon presentation of a common aesthetic procedure: late infection of a ruptured silicone breast implant.
title_sort uncommon presentation of a common aesthetic procedure: late infection of a ruptured silicone breast implant.
publisher Penerbit UKM
publishDate 2014
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8113/1/10-MS190-_Proof_%2885-88%29.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8113/
http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com
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