title: Where the PIP is the implant?
abstract: A 51-year-old woman, who had previous breast augmentation and a video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection of the lung, underwent breast implant replacement of Poly Implant Protheses (PIP) due to a loss of volume on the right side of the chest. During this procedure, no implant was found in the right subpectoral space; however, a large defect was observed in the fifth intercostal space. A computed tomography scan of the chest indicated a circular entity in the right pleural cavity, which was confirmed to be the lost implant during a subsequent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Moira H D
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bruintjes
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schouten
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fabré
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Frits J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: van den Wildenberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: davidwijnberg@gmail.com.
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Wijnberg
mesh_terms: D018427:Breast Implants; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D035422:Pleural Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Breast augmentation; Breast implant displacement; PIP breast implant; Thoracic surgery