Chronic Pulmonary Silicone Embolism Syndrome Following Saline Breast Implants

Chronic pulmonary silicone embolism syndrome (CPSE) presents as progressive dyspnea occurring after silicone prosthesis implantation. Diagnostic criteria for CPSE include imaging findings of intraparenchymal ground-glass opacities and histologic evidence of silicone microdroplets. CPSE is a very rar...

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Main Authors: Jorden E. Smith, Dianna E. Amariei, Jose Herazo-Maya, Sara Niyazi, Robert F. Ruffolo, Kapilkumar N. Patel, Muhammad R. Quereshi, Jerrold Abraham, Debabrata Bandyopadhyay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American College of Physicians 2023-11-01
Series:Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Online Access:https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2023.0396
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