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

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 t...

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Autores principales: Damirov, Fuad, Zimmermann, Julia, Ketscher, Christian, Hatz, Rudolf, Manapov, Farkhad, Lindner, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9420523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35994801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107506
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author Damirov, Fuad
Zimmermann, Julia
Ketscher, Christian
Hatz, Rudolf
Manapov, Farkhad
Lindner, Michael
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-94205232022-08-29 Intrathoracic migration of a breast implant seven years after thoracotomy. A case report Damirov, Fuad Zimmermann, Julia Ketscher, Christian Hatz, Rudolf Manapov, Farkhad Lindner, Michael Int J Surg Case Rep Case Series 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. Elsevier 2022-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9420523/ /pubmed/35994801 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107506 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Intrathoracic migration of a breast implant seven years after thoracotomy. A case report
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title_short Intrathoracic migration of a breast implant seven years after thoracotomy. A case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9420523/
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