TY  - JOUR
T1  - SIlicone breast implants and anaplastic large t-cell lymphoma
AU  - van der Veldt AM, Kleijn SA, Nanayakkara PW
Y1  - 2009/03/25
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2009.279
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1227
EP  - 1227
VL  - 301
IS  - 12
N2  - 
To the Editor:  In a case-control study, Dr de Jong and colleagues1 reported a possible association between silicone breast implants and anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma (ALCL). Although histological material of breast lymphomas was retrieved and additional immunohistochemistry and molecular studies were performed, the authors did not report on the presence of foreign bodies and foreign body reactions adjacent to the breast lymphomas. Apart from leakage and rupture, silicone gel can migrate through the intact silicone elastomer shell, a process that is called bleeding.2

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.279
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.279
ER  -