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Breast-Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report
ISSN: 2582 - 6751
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Breast-Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report
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Publisher: Athenaeum Scientific Publishers
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IAA.ZONE/2582117546751
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Abstract
Abstract The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement in the beginning of 2017 regarding a rare cancer, Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL) that has been related to textured breast implants and resulted in nine deaths. The first case of Breast Implant-Associated ALCL (BIA-ALCL) was published in 1997. This entity is more recently recognized and has been provisionally classified in the 2016 revision of the World Health Organization classification of lymphoid neoplasms. Here we report a case of a 58 year old woman with history of sub glandular silicone implants for bilateral breast augmentation 25 years ago, with complaints of bilateral breast pain and found to have bilateral Baker Grade III capsular contracture, and a suspicious chest wall lesion on imaging. Patient underwent removal of bilateral breast implants and total capsulectomies. The capsule and all associated abnormal lesions were sent for excisional biopsy. Mi...
