Secondary Lymphoedema of the Lower Leg as an Unusual Side-Effect of a Liquid Silicone Injection in the Hips and Buttocks

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 342-344

  Gaber, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liquid silicone; Lymphoedema; Siliconoma

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; GRANULOMA; HIP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; BUTTOCKS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HIP; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; SILICONES; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 2942553747     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077845     Document Type: Article

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