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JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE SURGERY
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 56-65Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/08941939.2016.1215576
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lymphoma no Hodgkin; anaplastic Lymphoma giant cells; ALCL; BIA-ALCL; breast implants; breast prostheses; adverse event
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Recent studies have shown a relationship between lymphoma and breast implants. We performed a meta-analysis about this problem. We found 80 cases, 50 of which were reported in the United States (62.5%). The average age was 52 years. The average time between breast implant surgery and lymphoma was 11years. Forty-one percent of the breast implants were silicone, 42.19% were saline and 15.8% were unknown. The coverage of the breast implants was texturized in 21.3% and unknown in 78%. The most common brands were McGhan and Mentor. In 72.6% of the cases, the brand was unknown. The clinical findings were seroma (67.33%), nodes (13.8%), mass (22.1%), other (11.7%) and unknown (32%). The most common surgical treatment was capsulectomy and breast implant removal. In 97% of the cases, ALK was negative and 3% were positive. The most common marker was CD30. The most common chemotherapy regimen was CHOP. Three patients died. Two of the patients had extracapsular extension of the disease and breast cancer history. Lymphoma related with the breast implant was a different type of lymphoma, and in most cases, it was less aggressive. The disease was confined to the capsule. Few patients developed aggressive disease, were extracapsular and showed bad prognosis.
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