Case of late hematoma after breast augmentation.
- Author:
Leslie KIM
1
;
Nikki CASTEL
;
Fereydoun Don PARSA
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Breast implants; Contracture; Hematoma
- MeSH: Breast Implants; Breast*; Contracture; Hematoma*; Humans; Rupture
- From:Archives of Plastic Surgery 2018;45(2):177-179
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: 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.
