Subcutaneous avulsion of the breast caused by a seat belt injury. Report on a case requiring emergency mastectomy.
A 60-year-old female car driver wearing a combined three-point lap-shoulder seat belt was involved in a head-on-collision. The entire right breast was separated from the chest wall, whereas the overlying skin remained intact. The injury resulted in a rapid development of a monstrous haematoma in the retromammary space, and required emergency mastectomy. Seat belt lesions of the female breast are seldom referred in the literature.
Department of Surgery, Buskerud Central Hospital, Drammen, Norway.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D001940:Breast / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015413:Mastectomy, Simple; D008875:Middle Aged; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000009:adverse effects*