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1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA 02130, USA. ychun@partners.org
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|January 23, 2009
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Galactorrhea and galactocele formation are rare complications of augmentation mammoplasty. A number of case reports have been published in the literature; however, the etiology remains unclear. A case is presented of a unilateral galactocele associated with transient hyperprolactinemia after augmentation mammoplasty.
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