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Scleroderma after silicone augmentation mammoplasty. A report of 2 cases
P E Marik1, A L Kark, A Zambakides
1Department of Medicine, J. G. Strijdom Hospital, Joannesburg.
South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde
|February 17, 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.