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A Case of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Induced by Injection of Silicone Fluid for Colpoplasty  

Jung, Chang Wook (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Masan Samsung Hospital Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Jeon, Ik Soo (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Masan Samsung Hospital Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Jang, Jae Young (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Masan Samsung Hospital Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Park, Jee Eun (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Masan Samsung Hospital Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Song, Chun Young (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Masan Samsung Hospital Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Kim, Sung Hun (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Masan Samsung Hospital Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Kang, Kyung Woo (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Masan Samsung Hospital Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.57, no.2, 2004 , pp. 193-196 More about this Journal
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Silicone fluid; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Colpoplasty;
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