During the last few decades, the paraffin had been used popularly as an implanted material for cosmetic and reconstructive purposes. It has been known that the injected paraffin provoke many unexpected complications such as tissue necrosis, granuloma formation, hypersensitivity, embolism, and even carcinoma. And many authors luxe suggested that the carcinoma may depend on the purity of paraffin, amount of injected paraffin and individual susceptibility. Yamagiwa and Ichikawa(1920) reported that the malignant change originated from the irritation of paraffin for a long times.
Since World war II, western civilization has brought about a great change in the Oriental countries. Some oriental people were desired to get Occidental appearance and their noses and breasts were especially augmented with paraffin injection. So we can be faced many interesting cases related with paraffin in clinic.
This paper reviews our experience of a case of basal cell carcinoma who had been performed augmentation rhinoplasty with paraffin injection 12 years before.
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