Silicone Breast Implant Skewered by a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt with Secondary Cerebrospinal Fluid Pseudocyst

Aesthet Surg J. 2015 Aug;35(6):NP179-81. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjv046.

Authors

Ross Rudolph¹, Adam Burdick¹

Affiliation

¹ Dr Rudolph is a Voluntary Clinical Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, and a Plastic Surgeon, Division of Plastic Surgery, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California. Dr Burdick is a Neurosurgeon, Division of Neurosurgery, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California.

PMID: 26229136
DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjv046

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Breast Cyst / cerebrospinal fluid
Breast Cyst / diagnosis
Breast Cyst / etiology*
Breast Cyst / surgery
Breast Implantation / instrumentation*
Breast Implants*
Catheters
Device Removal
Female
Foreign-Body Migration / etiology
Foreign-Body Migration / surgery
Humans
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure*
Reoperation
Silicones*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / adverse effects*
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / instrumentation

Substances

Silicones