Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome after silicone breast implantation: Case report

Jozélio Freire de Carvalho; Carolina Bonato Armond de Oliveira; Rogério Vilas Boas; Matheus Franklin Vicente Matias; Larissa Matos Carvalho Bastos

doi:10.5152/eurjrheum.2022.21108

Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome after silicone breast implantation: Case report

Eur J Rheumatol. 2023 Jan;10(1):23-25. doi: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2022.21108.

Authors

Jozélio Freire de Carvalho¹, Carolina Bonato Armond de Oliveira², Rogério Vilas Boas³, Matheus Franklin Vicente Matias⁴, Larissa Matos Carvalho Bastos⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Health Sciences from Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
² Biomedicine School, UNIFACS, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
³ Hospital da Mulher, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
⁴ Centro Universita´rio Unifas, Lauro de Freitas, Bahia, Brazil.

PMID: 35156619
DOI: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2022.21108

Abstract

This study illustrates two patients who developed autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) after silicone breast implant (SBI) and improved after SBI extraction.