A new clinical presentation: breast implant pneumocapsule and pneumothorax following penetrating chest wall trauma

J Ashcroft, S Murphy, TA Laing… - The Annals of The …, 2021 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
… as a pneumopericardium after thoracictraumaticpneumocapsulepresenting as a swollen
breast caused by air accumulating in a breast implant capsule, and masking a pneumothorax

[HTML][HTML] Capsular pneumatosis: A rare radiographic sign for internal breast implant capsule violation in trauma

C Lemoine, HD Ramos, A Healy, A Babigian - JPRAS open, 2024 - Elsevier
trauma activation afterpenetrating trauma to the breast or blunt thoracic trauma with the
development of an accompanying pneumothorax.10, 11, 12 Indeed, concern for breast implant

[HTML][HTML] Breast Implants Save Lives: Gunshot Wound to a Silicone Gel Implant

BE Barrow, MD Kachare, AM Simpson, NJ West… - Eplasty, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… A hole was noted on the chest wall with sharp exposed rib … breast implant and masked a
developing pneumothorax. The … such traumatic injuries to the chest after cosmetic augmentation