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SUBMITTER: Di Napoli A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8053183 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Di Napoli Arianna A Greco Daniele D Scafetta Giorgia G Ascenzi Francesca F Gulino Alessandro A Aurisicchio Luigi L Santanelli Di Pompeo Fabio F Bonifacino Adriana A Giarnieri Enrico E Morgan John J Mancini Rita R Kadin Marshall E ME
Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII 20201104 5
Breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BI-ALCL) is an uncommon peripheral T cell lymphoma usually presenting as a delayed peri-implant effusion. Chronic inflammation elicited by the implant has been implicated in its pathogenesis. Infection or implant rupture may also be responsible for late seromas. Cytomorphological examination coupled with CD30 immunostaining and eventual T-cell clonality assessment are essential for BI-ALCL diagnosis. However, some benign effusions may als ...[more]