Giant Liponecrotic Pseudocyst after Breast Augmentation by Fat Injection

Abstract

A case in which a growing and painful mass developed in the breast 10 months after fat injection following trochanteric and abdominal liposuction is described. Treatment included lumpectomy and breast reconstruction in a second stage by bilateral subpectoral augmentation mammaplasty with textured gel-filled prostheses. Histologic examination revealed a liponecrotic pseudocyst. The development of pseudocysts and microcalcifications after breast autologous fat injection is a complication that warns against using this technique for breast augmentation.