Chronic expanding hematoma within a periprosthetic breast capsule.

Daw, J L; Lewis, V L; Smith, J W · Plast Reconstr Surg · 1996

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

Three cases of chronic expanding hematoma occurring within the capsule surrounding breast implants are described. All developed at least 4 years after the last operation. No identifiable etiology could be demonstrated. Although this pathologic entity has been widely reported in other anatomic locations, a periprosthetic chronic expanding hematoma of the breast has not been described previously.

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