[Granulomatous pleurisy after mammaplasty, induced by polyacrylamide gel].

Abstract

A case of iatrogenic granulomatous pleurisy in a 36-year-old female developed after cosmetic correction of the mammary gland shape with polyacrylamide gel (an interfall injection). Symptoms of spontaneous left-side pneumothorax developed one month after the manipulation. Histological examination of the parietal and visceral pleura biopsy revealed multiple non-immune corpuscular mature macrophagal granulomas around gel particles resulting in the pleura damage and pneumothorax. A complete recovery. This is the first publication of pneumothorax of such genesis.

• Authors: E L Kazachkov, A B Fridman, S A Friss
• Journal: Arkhiv patologii (Arkh Patol) 1998 May-Jun Vol. 60 Issue 3 Pg. 58-61 ISSN: 0004-1955 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Granulematoznyĭ plevrit posle mammoplastiki, vyzvannyĭ poliakrilamidnym gelem.
• PMID: 9702306 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Acrylic Resins
• Gels
• polyacrylamide gels

Topics

• Acrylic Resins (adverse effects)
• Adult
• Female
• Gels
• Humans
• Iatrogenic Disease
• Mammaplasty (adverse effects)
• Pleurisy (chemically induced)