Liquid silicone injection in the chest wall simulating cysticercosis
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Liquid silicone injection in the chest wall simulating cysticercosis
1. Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis (SC) Brasil. 2. Departamento de Radiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Brasil. A 37-year-old homosexual Brazilian man presented with fever, chest pain, and several small, palpable lumps in the anterior chest wall. Physical examination revealed numerous mobile subcutaneous an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1806-3713
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37562017000000162