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FIVE PATIENTS WITH MENTOR BREAST TISSUE EXPANDERS DEVELOPED INFECTIONS AFTER SURGERY. ATAXIA-TELANGIECTASIS MUTATED (ATM) MUTATION SURGERY FOR PROPHYLACTIC BILATERAL MASTECTOMY, AND BILATERAL TISSUE EXPANDERS (MENTOR 450ML WITH INITIAL FILL OF 250ML IN EACH SIDE). PATIENT PRESENTS ON [DATE REMOVED] TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED), FOUND TO HAVE LARGE FLUID COLLECTION ON RIGHT CHEST WALL. SURGERY ON [DATE REMOVED] FOR NECROSIS OF MASTECTOMY FLAP AND EXPANDER REMOVAL. ON [DATE REMOVED] PATIENT ADMITTED TO ED, FOUND TO HAVE FLUID ON LEFT CHEST WALL, UNDERWENT IR FOR DRAINAGE AND DRAIN PLACEMENT. ON [DATE REMOVED] TO ED AND ADMITTED, FOUND 11.7 CM FLUID ON LEFT WITH ULTRASOUND. SURGERY ON [DATE REMOVED] WITH FOR INCISION AND DRAINAGE OF BILATERAL BREAST SEROMAS AND PLACEMENT OF 19 FRENCH DRAIN. ON [DATE REMOVED], SURGERY FOR DELAYED INSERTION OF TISSUE EXPANDER RIGHT BREAST (MENTOR 450ML WITH 0 INITIAL FILL). ON [DATE REMOVED] TO ED WITH LEFT BREAST PAIN/REDNESS. ON [DATE REMOVED] BREAST TISSUE EXPANDER REMOVAL BILATERAL. ON [DATE REMOVED ] TO ED FOR PAIN AT JP DRAIN SITE