Thursday 15 December 2011

Disappearance of a breast prosthesis during Pilates

Disappearance of a breast prosthesis during Pilates. N Eng J Med., 2011, 365:2305

Fong, T.C., and Hoffmann, B.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1102594

A 59-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer who underwent bilateral mastectomy and placement of breast prostheses presented for evaluation, reporting that her “body swallowed one of the implants” during a Pilates stretching exercise.