Archives of Plastic Surgery (Mar 2018)

Case of late hematoma after breast augmentation

  • Leslie Kim,
  • Nikki Castel,
  • Fereydoun Don Parsa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5999/aps.2016.01718
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45, no. 02
pp. 177 – 179

Abstract

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We present a case report of a patient who experienced a late, spontaneous breast hematoma 26 years after primary breast augmentation. Late hematomas are a rare complication of breast augmentation with uncertain etiology. In this case, there was no trauma, calcifications, or implant rupture. We believe the patient’s hematoma was secondary to erosion of a capsular vessel due to capsular contracture.

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