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Case Reports
. 1986 Feb;77(2):185-92.
doi: 10.1097/00006534-198602000-00001.

Chronic arthropathy occurring after augmentation mammaplasty

S R Weiner, H E Paulus
Case Reports

Chronic arthropathy occurring after augmentation mammaplasty

S R Weiner et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1986 Feb.

Abstract

Augmentation mammaplasty has been associated with a broad spectrum of connective-tissue disease, systemic illness and autoimmune phenomena. The three cases reported herein suggest a possible relationship between silicone gel implants for augmentation mammaplasty (with capsular contractures as complicating feature) and the development of chronic arthropathy.

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