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Fuad Damirov1, Julia Zimmermann1, Christian Ketscher1
1Thoracic Surgery Center of Munich, Ludwig - Maximilians - University of Munich Campus Grosshadern and Asklepios Lung Clinic Munich - Gauting, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Abstract:
A 52-year-old woman, who had previous bilateral subpectoral breast augmentation, underwent thoracotomy for a right upper lobe pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Seven years after her thoracic surgery, the patient noticed a reduction in her right breast volume, with shortness of breath and cough. A computed tomography study of the chest revealed intrathoracic migration of her right breast implant with no sing of capsule rupture. Subsequent video-assisted thoracoscopy confirmed this diagnosis.
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