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Derleya Alves, 26, Dies Eight Days After Breast Augmentation in Brazil

Officials await forensic analysis to confirm the cause, following clinicians' note of a possible congenital intestinal issue.

Overview

  • Alves reported severe abdominal pain immediately after the Feb. 20 procedure and later returned for urgent care.
  • Doctors performed multiple tests and two additional surgeries, repairing intestinal damage and removing one ovary.
  • She died on Feb. 28 at Marabá Municipal Hospital in Marabá, in northern Brazil.
  • Hospital staff say there is currently no suspicion of malpractice, and a biopsy report is expected later this month.
  • Her body was released to her family for a March 1 burial; coverage notes she had roughly 26,000 Instagram followers and leaves a young son.