RESUMO
As with any surgery, breast augmentation does have certain risks and complications. The aim of this article is to point out a rare complication of breast augmentation - axillary silicone lymphadenopathy (defined as the presence of silicone in the lymph nodes). The authors present a case report of silicone lymphadenopathy in a young woman after the rupture of a silicone breast implant. As the number of women with breast implants is increasing, it is necessary to bear this rare complication of breast augmentation in mind in differential diagnosis of axillary lymphadenopathy.
Assuntos
Implantes de Mama/efeitos adversos , Falha de Equipamento , Doenças Linfáticas/etiologia , Mamoplastia/efeitos adversos , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Silicones/efeitos adversosRESUMO
The authors are describing a case of a patient with the diagnosis of the appendicular cancer. The 66-year-old patient underwent appendectomy because of signs of acute appendicitis, and than in the next step right-sided hemicolectomy because of histological finding of the mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix. Mucinous adenocarcinoma is the most common type of appendicular cancer, none the less this diagnosis is very rare.