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Diagnostic challenges and potential early indicators of breast periprosthetic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: A case report
RATIONALE: Anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma (BI-ALCL) is a rare primitive lymphoma described in women with breast implant prostheses, which has been arousing interest in recent years due to its potentially high social impact. The difficult diagnosis associated with the high and increasing number of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7387005/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32791685 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000021095 |
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author | La Forgia, Daniele Catino, Annamaria Fausto, Alfonso Cutrignelli, Daniela Fanizzi, Annarita Gatta, Gianluca Losurdo, Liliana Maiorella, Arianna Moschetta, Marco Ressa, Cosmo Scattone, Anna Portincasa, Aurelio |
author_facet | La Forgia, Daniele Catino, Annamaria Fausto, Alfonso Cutrignelli, Daniela Fanizzi, Annarita Gatta, Gianluca Losurdo, Liliana Maiorella, Arianna Moschetta, Marco Ressa, Cosmo Scattone, Anna Portincasa, Aurelio |
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description | RATIONALE: Anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma (BI-ALCL) is a rare primitive lymphoma described in women with breast implant prostheses, which has been arousing interest in recent years due to its potentially high social impact. The difficult diagnosis associated with the high and increasing number of prosthetic implants worldwide has led to hypothesize an underestimation of the real impact of the disease among prosthesis-bearing women. The aim of this work is to search for specific radiological signs of disease linked to the chronic inflammatory pathogenetic mechanism. PATIENT CONCERNS: This work describes a case of BI-ALCL in an American woman with no personal or family history of cancer, who underwent breast augmentation for esthetic purposes at our Institute. After about 10 years of relative well-being, the patient returned to our Institute with clear evidence of breast asymmetry due to the increase in volume of the right breast which had progressively become larger over a period of 6 months. There was no evidence of palpable axillary lymph nodes or other noteworthy signs. DIAGNOSIS: The ultrasound and magnetic resonance (MR) tests indicated the presence of seroma with amorphous material in the exudate which was confirmed by indirect signs, visible in right breast mammography. Due to suspected cold seroma, an ultrasound-guided needle aspiration was performed for the cytological analysis of the effusion which highlighted the presence of a number of large-sized atypical cells with an irregular nucleus with CD30 immunoreactivity, leucocyte common antigen (CD45) compatible with the BI-ALCL diagnosis. INTERVENTIONS: In our case, a capsulectomy was performed because the disease was limited inside the capsule and periprosthetic seroma. The final histological examination confirmed the stage. LESSONS: The patient is being monitored and shows no signs of recurrence of disease >24 months after surgery. CONCLUSION: A diagnosis of BI-ALCL can be reached using new radiological indicators, such as fibrin, which is clearly visible by MR in the form of nonvascularized debris of amorphous material hypointense in all sequences, free flowing or adhered to the external surface of the prosthesis. |
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spelling | pubmed-73870052020-08-05 Diagnostic challenges and potential early indicators of breast periprosthetic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: A case report La Forgia, Daniele Catino, Annamaria Fausto, Alfonso Cutrignelli, Daniela Fanizzi, Annarita Gatta, Gianluca Losurdo, Liliana Maiorella, Arianna Moschetta, Marco Ressa, Cosmo Scattone, Anna Portincasa, Aurelio Medicine (Baltimore) 5700 RATIONALE: Anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma (BI-ALCL) is a rare primitive lymphoma described in women with breast implant prostheses, which has been arousing interest in recent years due to its potentially high social impact. The difficult diagnosis associated with the high and increasing number of prosthetic implants worldwide has led to hypothesize an underestimation of the real impact of the disease among prosthesis-bearing women. The aim of this work is to search for specific radiological signs of disease linked to the chronic inflammatory pathogenetic mechanism. PATIENT CONCERNS: This work describes a case of BI-ALCL in an American woman with no personal or family history of cancer, who underwent breast augmentation for esthetic purposes at our Institute. After about 10 years of relative well-being, the patient returned to our Institute with clear evidence of breast asymmetry due to the increase in volume of the right breast which had progressively become larger over a period of 6 months. There was no evidence of palpable axillary lymph nodes or other noteworthy signs. DIAGNOSIS: The ultrasound and magnetic resonance (MR) tests indicated the presence of seroma with amorphous material in the exudate which was confirmed by indirect signs, visible in right breast mammography. Due to suspected cold seroma, an ultrasound-guided needle aspiration was performed for the cytological analysis of the effusion which highlighted the presence of a number of large-sized atypical cells with an irregular nucleus with CD30 immunoreactivity, leucocyte common antigen (CD45) compatible with the BI-ALCL diagnosis. INTERVENTIONS: In our case, a capsulectomy was performed because the disease was limited inside the capsule and periprosthetic seroma. The final histological examination confirmed the stage. LESSONS: The patient is being monitored and shows no signs of recurrence of disease >24 months after surgery. CONCLUSION: A diagnosis of BI-ALCL can be reached using new radiological indicators, such as fibrin, which is clearly visible by MR in the form of nonvascularized debris of amorphous material hypointense in all sequences, free flowing or adhered to the external surface of the prosthesis. Wolters Kluwer Health 2020-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7387005/ /pubmed/32791685 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000021095 Text en Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
spellingShingle | 5700 La Forgia, Daniele Catino, Annamaria Fausto, Alfonso Cutrignelli, Daniela Fanizzi, Annarita Gatta, Gianluca Losurdo, Liliana Maiorella, Arianna Moschetta, Marco Ressa, Cosmo Scattone, Anna Portincasa, Aurelio Diagnostic challenges and potential early indicators of breast periprosthetic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: A case report |
title | Diagnostic challenges and potential early indicators of breast periprosthetic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: A case report |
title_full | Diagnostic challenges and potential early indicators of breast periprosthetic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: A case report |
title_fullStr | Diagnostic challenges and potential early indicators of breast periprosthetic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Diagnostic challenges and potential early indicators of breast periprosthetic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: A case report |
title_short | Diagnostic challenges and potential early indicators of breast periprosthetic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: A case report |
title_sort | diagnostic challenges and potential early indicators of breast periprosthetic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: a case report |
topic | 5700 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7387005/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32791685 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000021095 |
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