Moreover, the attachments are generally head to tail â that is the 1-carbon of the first isoprene is connected to the 4-carbon of the adjacent isoprene. Already discussed examples of such molecules include the polymers, natural rubber and gutta percha.
Reviewed by Walter Erhardt, MD. Capsular contracture is a breast augmentation complication that develops when internal scar tissue forms a tight or constricting capsule around a breast implant, contracting it until it becomes misshapen and hard. As a result, the breast may feel painful and stiff, and the capsule may affect the appearance or shape of the breast.
The rapidity with which emaciation, hydrops, and marasmus occur in severe cases is thus easily accounted for. A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II Various. The capsular ligament, except in hydrops, is the seat of connective-tissue overgrowth, and tends to become contracted and rigid. Manual of Surgery Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles. Occasionally a constriction occludes the course of the tube, while the distal end is dilated into a condition of hydrops.