title: Bilateral breast necrosis due to local injection of fish oil.
abstract: The breast is as aesthetically important as it is physiologically. Physicians and women have practiced various methods for breast aesthetics and augmentation. We report a female veterinarian who injected fish oil into her breast, which led to inflammation and necrosis of breast tissue. When all medical therapies failed, bilateral subcutaneous mastectomy was performed. We did not find a case in the literature where fish oil had been used for breast augmentation. However, we did find that many agents have been injected for breast augmentation, the results of which were tragic, just as the case presented herein.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karagulle
authors.forename: Hande
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koksal
authors.forename: Turhan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Togan
authors.forename: Ozgur Hilal
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Erinanc
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dogru
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moray
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005395:Fish Oils / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008408:Mastectomy; D009336:Necrosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000601:surgery; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
chemical_list: D005395:Fish Oils