Silicone granuloma mimicking Breast Implant Associated Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL): a case report

Elizabeth Shepard; Srdjan Kamenko; Olivia L Snir; Juliana Hansen

doi:10.1080/23320885.2020.1762495

Silicone granuloma mimicking Breast Implant Associated Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL): a case report

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2020 May 23;7(1):63-67. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2020.1762495. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Elizabeth Shepard¹, Srdjan Kamenko², Olivia L Snir³, Juliana Hansen²

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.

Abstract

We describe the case of a 75-year-old woman with textured silicone implants who was referred to our institution with concern for implant rupture and Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). After explantation and pathologic evaluation, she was diagnosed with silicone granuloma and adenitis, though her presentation mimicked BIA-ALCL.

Keywords: Breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL); adenitis; mimicker; silicone granuloma.

Publication types

Case Reports