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Chronic expanding hematoma within a periprosthetic breast capsule
J L Daw1, V L Lewis, J W Smith
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill., USA.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|June 1, 1996
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.