초록
저자들은 실리콘 액을 이용한 질 성형술 후에 급성호흡 곤란 증후군을 보인 환자에서 경기관지 폐생검으로 실리콘에 의한 것으로 생각되는 폐포 대식세포내의 봉입체를 확인하고 대증적인 치료로 호전된 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome after silicone fluid injection is uncommon. Reasons that organic silicone is inactive in the human body and has low surface tension and is not affected by physical factors such as time or temperature make this material to be widely used as a medical product. However, lately some of its side effects have been noted and also cause respiratory problems in rare occasions. The mechanism is not clear but silicone injection cause one to cough, produce hemoptysis, fever, pleuritic chest pain, and dyspnea, and may even lead to acute respiratory failure. In other countries, these side effects were reported from 1970s and several cases started to appear in Korea from 1990s. We report a 58 years-old female who recovered from acute respiratory distress syndrome after injection of silicone fluid into vaginal wall by a conservative therapy.