Silicone injection causing acute pneumonitis: A case series

Lung

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 241-244

  Zamora, Ana C ^a   Collard, Harold R ^b   Barrera, Lourdes ^a   Mendoza, Felipe ^a   Richard Webb, W ^b   Carrillo, Guillermo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Corticosteroids; Embolism; Silicone oils

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE; SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BUTTOCKS; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; MALE; MEXICO; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONES; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349119195     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-009-9150-x     Document Type: Article

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