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Acta Médica Costarricense
versão On-line ISSN 0001-6002versão impressa ISSN 0001-6012
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PENA-VARELA, Julián e JIMENEZ-NAVARRETE, Manuel Fco. Seconday effects of aesthetic procedures. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2009, vol.51, n.1, pp.48-49. ISSN 0001-6002.
Aesthetic procedures performed by non medical personnel are increasing in frequency. Many are not medical controlled and cause side effects from mild to serious. We present the case of a 29-year-old woman, with no relevant health problems, who went to a aesthetics center to have organic silicon injected into her buttocks to increase volume, developing later a massive pulmonary embolism syndrome.
Palavras-chave : massive embolism syndrome; organic silicium.