22 Cases of Breast Implant–Associated ALCL
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Marcella Marletta; Antonella Campanale; Rosaria Boldrini
- Source
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 141:11e-19e
- Subject
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Breast implantation
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Large cell
Retrospective cohort study
030230 surgery
medicine.disease
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
law
hemic and lymphatic diseases
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Health care
Breast implant
Medicine
Surgery
Christian ministry
business
Anaplastic large-cell lymphoma
- Language
- ISSN
- 0032-1052
Background:To date, 359 cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) in women with breast implants (breast implant–associated ALCL [BIA-ALCL]) worldwide have been reported among more than 10 million patients who have received implants, but health care authorities suspect this is a possible underes