Marik P E, Kark A L, Zambakides A
Department of Medicine, J. G. Strijdom Hospital, Joannesburg.
S Afr Med J. 1990 Feb 17;77(4):212-3.
Two patients who developed scleroderma after silicone breast augmentation are described. One patient presented with the classic features of systemic sclerosis, and the other with calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon oesophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia (CREST syndrome). The connective tissue diseases associated with mammoplasty are reviewed.