Splenic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma associated with ruptured breast implants: case report and review of the literature

Mark G Evans; Melissa A Mueller; Frederik Chen; Larry S Nichter

doi:10.1080/23320885.2021.1891903

Splenic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma associated with ruptured breast implants: case report and review of the literature

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2021 Apr 5;8(1):46-49. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2021.1891903.

Authors

Mark G Evans¹, Melissa A Mueller², Frederik Chen³, Larry S Nichter^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
² Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
⁴ Department of Plastic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
⁵ Pacific Center for Plastic Surgery & Mission Plasticos, Newport Beach, CA, USA.

Abstract

We describe splenomegaly and bilateral grade 2 Baker breast capsular contracture in a woman who had undergone augmentation mammoplasty. This case represents the first documented instance of splenic marginal zone lymphoma, and is among the rare reports of B-cell lymphoma, arising in a patient with breast implants.

Keywords: B-cell lymphoma; Breast implant; augmentation mammoplasty; splenic marginal zone lymphoma; splenomegaly.

Publication types

Case Reports