Scleroderma after silicone augmentation mammoplasty. A report of 2 cases

Authors :: P E, Marik
A L, Kark
A, Zambakides
Source :: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde. 77(4)
Publication Year :: 1990
Abstract: Two patients who developed scleroderma after silicone breast augmentation are described. One patient presented with the classic features of systemic sclerosis, and the other with calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon oesophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia (CREST syndrome). The connective tissue diseases associated with mammoplasty are reviewed.

Subjects :: Adult
Scleroderma, Localized
Silicones
Humans
Female
Breast
Prostheses and Implants
Middle Aged
Surgery, Plastic

ISSN :: 02569574
Volume :: 77
Issue :: 4
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
Accession number :: edsair.pmid..........37e6f1675958bb9c6fddc36f771ccd00

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