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1: Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2004 Mar;33(2):198-200.Click here to read Links

Abscess formation after lip augmentation with silicone: case report.

Schmidt-Westhausen AM, Frege J, Reichart PA.

Department of Oral Surgery and Dental Radiology, Charité, Medical Faculty, Humboldt-University Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany. andrea-maria.schmidt-westausen@charite.de

This paper describes the development of an abscess after injection of an alloplastic preparation (silicone) for enhancement of the lower lip. The 56-year-old woman presented with a painful swelling of her lower lip which was incised. Pus drained from the incision. A biopsy was taken. Histology revealed homogeneous foreign body inclusions (silicone) with fibrosis, chronic inflammation and multinuclear giant cells. Healing was uneventful with little deformation of the lower lip. Since the number of persons seeking aesthetic lip augmentation is increasing, oral surgeons and dentists should be familiar with adverse effects to filling agents.

PMID: 15050078 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]