Lactation as a complication of aesthetic breast surgery successfully treated with bromocriptine.
A case is presented of lactation occurring ten days after mastopexy with augmentation mammaplasty. Milk-draining sinuses involving the operative incisions necessitated prompt diagnosis and treatment to avoid breast implant loss. Bromocriptine, an ergot derivative, was used to suppress a pathologically elevated prolactin level and successfully effect a rapid resolution of lactation.
Rothkopf
D M
DM
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital.
Rosen
H M
HM
D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D001971:Bromocriptine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007775:Lactation Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic
D001971:Bromocriptine