A case of malignant hypertension and scleroderma after cosmetic surgery

Jpn J Med. 1991 Jan-Feb;30(1):97-100. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine1962.30.97.

Abstract

A 44-year-old woman with scleroderma-like skin lesions and malignant hypertension following mammoplasty is reported. Sclerotic change is an unusual finding for ordinary finding progressive systemic sclerosis. On admission, she had severe high-renin hypertension and progressive renal failure, suggesting scleroderma renal crisis. With intensive treatment for hypertension including angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, the blood pressure was well controlled. It was then suggested that she had malignant hypertension due to scleroderma after silicone injection, or the so-called human adjuvant disease after cosmetic surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Adult
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Autoimmune Diseases / genetics
  • Breast / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Malignant / drug therapy
  • Hypertension, Malignant / etiology*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / etiology
  • Prostheses and Implants*
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / etiology*
  • Silicones / adverse effects*
  • Surgery, Plastic / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Silicones