Acute pneumonitis secondary to subcutaneous silicone injection

Following silicone injection, end organ toxicity can occur. To our knowledge this report documents the first case of silicone embolization in the Caribbean and serves to highlight an emergent danger associated with its illicit use for cosmetic purposes in this region.

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Autores principales: Gopie, Priya, Sakhamuri, Sateesh, Sharma, Anu, Solomon, Sanjeev, Teelucksingh, Surujpal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3133515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21760748
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S20071
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author Gopie, Priya
Sakhamuri, Sateesh
Sharma, Anu
Solomon, Sanjeev
Teelucksingh, Surujpal
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spelling pubmed-31335152011-07-14 Acute pneumonitis secondary to subcutaneous silicone injection Gopie, Priya Sakhamuri, Sateesh Sharma, Anu Solomon, Sanjeev Teelucksingh, Surujpal Int J Gen Med Case Report Following silicone injection, end organ toxicity can occur. To our knowledge this report documents the first case of silicone embolization in the Caribbean and serves to highlight an emergent danger associated with its illicit use for cosmetic purposes in this region. Dove Medical Press 2011-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3133515/ /pubmed/21760748 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S20071 Text en © 2011 Gopie et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Solomon, Sanjeev
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Acute pneumonitis secondary to subcutaneous silicone injection
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title_full Acute pneumonitis secondary to subcutaneous silicone injection
title_fullStr Acute pneumonitis secondary to subcutaneous silicone injection
title_full_unstemmed Acute pneumonitis secondary to subcutaneous silicone injection
title_short Acute pneumonitis secondary to subcutaneous silicone injection
title_sort acute pneumonitis secondary to subcutaneous silicone injection
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3133515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21760748
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S20071
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