[Fatal non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism in penis enlargement with injections of hyaluronic acid-based drugs].

Hyaluronic acid is widely used as an injectable dermal filler in medicine, especially in plastic surgery and cosmetology, due to its biocompatibility and non-immunogenicity. However, these manipulations can cause complications, the most threatening of which is non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism. The article presents a not previously described case of this complication development in a 56-year-old man who underwent penis enlargement with unknown hyaluronic acid-based drug.