Celio MJJ, Zanatta MJA, Rovelo LJE, Palacios LLE

Language: Spanish
References: 12
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ABSTRACT

The most common complications due to abdominoplasty are seroma, surgical site infection, eventration, skin necrosis, wound dehiscence and haematoma. Some factors, like smoking, produce wound healing problems like fatty necrosis, wound infection and wound dehiscence in patients with abdominoplasty. The case of an aesthetic abdominoplasty performed on a female patient with Caroli´s disease, whom later (four years) developed increased progressive size on surgical site and no symptoms. An abdominal CT scan was carried out in which an abdominal tumor depending of the abdominal rectum muscle was found. A tumor resection and new abdominoplasty were done. During the procedure an abdominal giant pseudocyst was found. This late complication must be considered as a diagnostic possibility. There is no relationship between Caroli‘s disease and this complication of abdominoplasty.

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