Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Rudolph, CM; Müllegger, RR; Schuller-Petrovic, S; Kerl, H; Soyer, HP.
Unusual herpes simplex virus infection mimicking foreign body reaction after cosmetic lip augmentation with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene threads.
Dermatol Surg. 2003; 29(2):195-197
Doi: 10.1046%2Fj.1524-4725.2003.29028.x
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Ambros-Rudolph Christina
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Kerl Helmut
- Muellegger Robert
- Schuller-Petrovic Sanja
- Soyer Hans Peter
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- Abstract:
- BACKGROUND: Adverse reactions after cosmetic lip augmentation with synthetic implant materials include inflammation, infection, and extrusion of and foreign body reaction to the implant. Clinically, all of them are characterized by pain, erythema, swelling, and formation of papules and/or pustules. OBJECTIVE: To describe an unusual herpes simplex virus infection in a 48-year-old female patient after cosmetic lip augmentation with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene threads clinically resembling a foreign body reaction. METHODS: Case report and literature review. RESULTS: A histopathologic examination showed no signs of a foreign body reaction. Instead, herpes simplex virus-specific DNA was demonstrated by polymerase chain reaction from lesional tissue. CONCLUSION: Cosmetic lip augmentation with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene threads may be complicated by a delayed local herpes simplex virus infection clinically mimicking a foreign body reaction to the implant.
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- Female -
- Foreign-Body Reaction - diagnosis
- Herpes Simplex - diagnosis
- Humans - diagnosis
- Lip - surgery
- Middle Aged - surgery
- Polytetrafluoroethylene - surgery
- Prostheses and Implants - adverse effects
- Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - adverse effects
- Simplexvirus - physiology
- Time Factors - physiology
- Virus Activation - physiology