| Alveolar Hemorrhage after Polyacrylamide Injection for Breast Augmentation |
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Jun Hyeok Lim, Jeong Min Lee, Seong Huan Choi, Hae-Seong Nam, Jae Hwa Cho, Jeong-Seon Ryu, Seung Min Kwak |
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Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea |
| 유방 성형 목적으로 폴리아크릴아마이드 주입 후에 발생한 폐포 출혈 1예 |
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임준혁, 이정민, 최성환, 남해성, 조재화, 류정선, 곽승민 |
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인하대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 |
Correspondence:
Seung Min Kwak, Tel: +82-32-890-2819, Fax: +82-32-882-6578, Email: smkwak@inha.ac.kr
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Received: 24 June 2014 • Revised: 6 August 2014 • Accepted: 3 September 2014 |
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| Abstract |
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Polyacrylamide hydrogel is used widely in plastic surgery due to its nontoxic, nonabsorbent nature. There have been reports of silicone leading to pulmonary embolism and acute respiratory distress syndrome with systemic adverse effects. However, there have been case reports only of local reactions involving polyacrylamide; systemic reactions appear to be rare. Furthermore, there has been no report of alveolar hemorrhage after polyacrylamide injection for breast augmentation. We treated a 53-year-old female with an alveolar hemorrhage that occurred 2 days after a polyacrylamide injection. On the day of admission, the patient had a fever with chills and dyspnea. The chest X-ray showed multiple infiltrations and chest computed tomography showed consolidation and a ground-glass appearance in both lung fields. The alveolar hemorrhage was confirmed at fiber-optic bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage. The symptoms and radiology findings improved after corticosteroid administration and conservative treatment. We report the first case of alveolar hemorrhage after a polyacrylamide injection for breast augmentation. |
| Key Words:
Polyacrylamide; Mammaplasty; Lung; Hemorrhage |
| 주제어:
폴리아크릴아마이드; 유방 성형; 폐; 출혈 |
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