That’s Not Your Implant!

Authors

Janet Han, DO, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Elizabeth Paterek, MD, FAAEM, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

History of Present Illness

CHIEF COMPLAINT: Left breast pain/swelling

53-year-old female with PMHx of bilateral breast implants, IV drug use, and hypertension presents to the emergency department with swelling and pain to the left breast over the last 5 months after an assault with trauma to the area. She was seen at a previous hospital for these symptoms 3 months ago and reports fluid was drained from the left breast at that time. She reports subjective fevers and chills but denies other symptoms at this time including drainage or discharge from the breast/ nipple, chest pain, or shortness of breath. Her breast implants were placed over 20 years prior. She denies injecting drugs into her breast tissue.

Publication Date

4-23-2023

Keywords

emergency medicine, CT imaging, MedEd, breast seroma

Disciplines

Emergency Medicine | Medicine and Health Sciences

Comments

Presented at the 2023 American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly.

Recommended Citation

Han, DO, Janet and Paterek, MD, FAAEM, Elizabeth, "That’s Not Your Implant!" (2023). Department of Emergency Medicine Posters. 4.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/emposters/4