Episode of massive pulmonary embolism after bilateral breast augmentation

Pulmonary embolism is a rare postsurgical complication, even more so following breast augmentation. Herein we present a case of a 23-year-old woman who survived an episode of massive pulmonary embolism after breast implant surgery. Current literature about this subject is very scarce.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Schonauer, Fabrizio, Nele, Gisella, Di Martino, Annalena, Santoro, Mariangela, Santanelli di Pompeo, Fabio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2015
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4793791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27252978
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/23320885.2015.1112747
Descripción
Sumario:Pulmonary embolism is a rare postsurgical complication, even more so following breast augmentation. Herein we present a case of a 23-year-old woman who survived an episode of massive pulmonary embolism after breast implant surgery. Current literature about this subject is very scarce.

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