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Late hematoma after aesthetic breast augmentation with textured silicone prosthesis: a case report.

Veiga DF, Filho JV, Schnaider CS, Archangelo I

Late hematoma is an extremely rare complication after augmentation mammaplasty with silicone prostheses. The authors present a case of late hematoma after breast augmentation with textured gel-filled silicone prostheses, which appeared after intense physical effort 1 year after the implantation of the prosthesis. The hematoma was drained in three subsequent ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle aspirations, with no need for removal of the implant. In a 9-month follow-up period, the patient had no other problems with the implants.

Published 24 October 2005 in Aesthetic Plast Surg, 29(5): 431-3; discussion 434.
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