Case report and literature review: Acute pneumonitis and alveolar hemorrhage after subcutaneous injection of liquid silicone

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 380-385

  Parikh, Rupen ^a   Karim, Karim ^a,c   Parikh, Nalini ^a   Han, Paul ^b   Daoko, Joseph ^a   Shamoon, Fayez E ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Holy Name Hospital   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar hemorrhage; Silicone embolism; Silicone pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SILICONE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; BUTTOCK AUGMENTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MAMMAPLASTY; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SILICONES;

EID: 55949121874     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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