Granulomas of the lips: a rare complication after injection of polylactic acid for aesthetic augmentation

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1079-1080

  Dionyssopoulos, Alexander ^a   Nikolis, Andreas ^b   Patsatsi, Aikaterini ^a   Sotiriadis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a State Hospital for Dermatologic Diseases   (Greece)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILLER; POLYLACTIC ACID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; LIP TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LIP DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS;

EID: 34447617863     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.04.002     Document Type: Letter

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