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Galactorrhea After Aesthetic Breast Augmentation With Silicone Implants: Report of Two Cases and Management of Postoperative Galactorrhea

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Galactorrhea is a rare event after breast augmentation. The physiopathologic bases of galactorrhea depend on the central secretion of prolactin. These physiopathologic bases must be clearly understood for the prevention and treatment of postoperative galactorrhea. This report describes two cases of a postoperative galactorrhea after aesthetic breast augmentation with silicone implants. The clinical appearance closely resembles a postoperative sepsis without hyperthermia. Bacteriologic samples are negative. Endocrinologic examination finds a characteristic hyperprolactinemia. The evolution is favorable under dopaminergic agonists.

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Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 to 7 were conceived by Benoit Ayestaray, MD. Figure 2 is based on videos from www.lookingyourbest.com. The author thanks Tim Gibson for special permission to reproduce the videos.

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  1. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Hôpital Percy, 101 Avenue Henri Barbusse, 92141, Clamart, France

    Benoit Ayestaray

  2. Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Clinique de Genolier, 1272, Genolier, Switzerland

    Emmanuel Dudrap

  3. Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Clinique Alyssa, 55 rue du lac Léman, Tunis, Tunisia

    Amir Chaibi

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Ayestaray, B., Dudrap, E. & Chaibi, A. Galactorrhea After Aesthetic Breast Augmentation With Silicone Implants: Report of Two Cases and Management of Postoperative Galactorrhea. Aesth Plast Surg 35, 408–413 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-010-9595-6

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