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Ilena,

I, like you, am so glad to see these articles reposted and the truth

being told as often as we need to!

It's always a joy to see you posting on our group.

We've got a file on the website with studies recorded...Dede, if any

of these are not listed, please let me know so we can get them in the

files for ease in finding them in the future.

You are a blessing, dear women!

Patty

> >

> >

> >

> > Begin forwarded message:

> >

> > *From: *DGrahamA@...

> > *Date: *August 6, 2008 4:08:40 PM MDT

> > **DGrahamA@...

> > *Subject: **Large Cell Lymphoma Arising in a Silicone Breast

Implant

> > Capsule*

> >

> >

> > http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985

(2003)127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document

> >

> >

> > *Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Vol. 127, No. 3,

pp.

> > e115–e118.*

> >

> >

> > *Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Arising in a Silicone Breast

Implant

> > Capsule: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

> > *

> >

> > * Sunati Sahoo, MD; P. Rosen, MD; M. Feddersen,MD;

S.

> > Viswanatha, MD; A. , MD; Amy Chadburn, MD*

> >

> >

> >

> > *from the Department ofPathology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-

Weill

> > Cornell Center, NewYork, NY (Drs Sahoo, Rosen, and Chadburn); the

Department

> > of Pathology,University of New Mexico School of Medicine,

Albuquerque (Drs

> > Feddersenand Viswanatha); and New Mexico Oncology Hematology

> > Consultants,Albuquerque (Dr )*

> >

> > Accepted June 14, 2002

> > *Anaplastic large cell lymphoma is a rare type of primary

breastlymphoma.

> > We report a case of anaplastic large cell lymphoma, T-

cellphenotype,

> > occurring in the periprosthetic capsule of a silicone

breastprosthesis 9

> > years after implantation for augmentation mammoplasty.This case

is unique

> > for its unusual presentation.

> >

> > *Since 1962, an estimated 1 to 2 million women have acquired

breast

> > implants in the United

States.1<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-

9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-

document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b1>Approximately

> > 80% of these implants have been placed for breastaugmentation,

and almost

> > all of the others have been used forreconstruction after

mastectomy due to

> > cancer.1<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%

2F0003-9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-

document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b1>The

> > physical and psychological benefits of breast implants

formastectomy

> > patients have been well documented. Despite early reportsthat

silicone was

> > biologically inert in human tissue, the safety ofbreast implants

for

> > augmentation mammoplasty has been a subject of muchdiscussion

with respect

> > to local and potential systemic complications,including

carcinogenic

> > effects. An independent panel of US scientistsconvened at the

request of

> > Congress concluded that silicone breastimplants do not cause any

systemic

> > disease, but these implants can leakand rupture, causing local

problems such

> > as scarring, infection, anddisfigurement. There is no convincing

evidence

> > that these local effectspredispose women to the development of

lymphoma in

> > the breast, althoughthere have been rare reports of lymphoma in

the vicinity

> > of breastimplants.2–4<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?

doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%

3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b2>This

> > report documents a case of primary anaplastic large cell lymphoma

(ALCL) of

> > the breast that arose in the periprosthetic tissue of asilicone

implant.

> >

> >

> > *REPORT OF A CASE* Return to

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> >

> >

> > A33-year-old woman underwent bilateral cosmetic breast

> > augmentationmammoplasty with double-lumen silicone prostheses in

1986. In

> > August1990, she developed tenderness at the left breast implant

site,

> > whichled to the removal of the capsule. Histopathologic

examination of

> > thecapsule revealed chronic inflammation, fibrosis, and foreign

body

> > giantcell reaction. Two months later, the left breast prosthesis

was

> > removedbecause of secondary infection. In February 1991, following

> > antibiotictherapy and surgical debridement, a new silicone gel–

filled

> > prosthesiswas placed. The patient was asymptomatic until March

2000, when

> > shepresented with swelling and tenderness at the left breast

implant site.At

> > surgery, a substantial amount of straw-colored fluid was

drainedfrom the

> > periprosthetic capsular space. The prosthesis was removedfollowed

by

> > capsulectomy. Morphologic examination of the capuslectomyspecimen

revealed

> > an atypical mononuclear cell infiltrate that,following

immunophenotypic and

> > genotypic studies, was diagnosed aslymphoma. Further evaluation

of the

> > patient revealed no systemicdisease. She was treated with

radiotherapy and 3

> > cycles ofcyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and

prednisone.

> > Twelvemonths after diagnosis, she is alive with no evidence of

disease. Her

> > right breast implant was intact.

> >

> >

> > *MATERIALS AND METHODS* Return to

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> >

> >

> > *Immunohistochemistry*

> >

> >

> > Immunophenotypicanalysis was performed on paraffin-embedded

tissue sections

> > using aTechMate 500 automated immunostainer (Ventana Medical

Systems,

> > Inc,Tucson, Ariz) according to a modified MIP protocol (Ventana

Medical).The

> > monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to the various antigens

andthe

> > corresponding antigen retrieval methods are listed in Table

1<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%

282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-

2165-127-3-e115-t01>.The ChemMate avidin-biotin complex peroxidase

secondary detectionsystem,

> > employing diaminobenzidine as the chromogen (Ventana Medical),was

used to

> > detect antigen expression.

> >

> > *Molecular Genetic Studies*

> >

> >

> > Tomaximize the isolation of DNA from tumor cells, microdissection

> > wasperformed from tissue sections. DNA was extracted using the

QIAampTissue

> > Kit (Qiagen Inc, Santa Clarita, Calif) according to

themanufacturer's

> > instructions. Polymerase chain reaction analysis wasperformed

along with

> > appropriate positive and negative controls toexamine

immunoglobulin heavy

> > chain (IgH), T-cell receptor ß chain, andT-cell receptor ? chain

gene

> > rearrangements.

> >

> >

> > *In Situ Hybridization Studies*

> >

> >

> > Insitu hybridization for the Epstein-Barr virus was performed

> > onparaffin-embedded tissue sections using an EBER probe ISH kit

(Novocastra,

> > Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom), according to

themanufacturer's

> > protocol.

> >

> >

> > *PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS* Return to

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> >

> >

> > Ongross examination, the capsulectomy specimen consisted of a

10.0 ×8.0-cm

> > fibromembranous sac up to 3.0 cm in thickness. The inner

surfaceof the

> > capsule was focally lobulated and covered by necrotic

material.The specimen

> > was fixed in 10% buffered formalin and extensively sampledfor

> > histopathologic examination and ancillary studies.

Microscopically,a layer

> > of necrotic debris associated with scattered sclerotic

nodulescovered the

> > inner surface of the capsule. Immediately beneath thenecrotic

layer, an

> > approximately 1-mm-thick infiltrate of largeatypical mono- and

> > multinucleated cells with frequent mitoses waspresent. The

neoplastic cells

> > were large and had clear cytoplasm, largenuclei, and prominent

nucleoli (Figure,

> > a<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%

282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-

2165-127-3-e115-f01>).Unstained refractile material consistent with

silicone particles wasseen

> > in empty spaces in the sclerotic nodules and the

cellularinfiltrate (Figure,

> > b<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%

282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-

2165-127-3-e115-f01>).Fibrosis and aggregates of chronic inflammatory

cells, including

> > smalllymphocytes, plasma cells, and histiocytes, were present

outside

> > theneoplastic infiltrate.

> >

> >

> > *RESULTS* Return to TOC<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?

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3B2 & request=get-document#TOC>

> >

> >

> > The neoplastic cells were positive for the T-cell–associated

antigens CD2

> > and CD43 (Figure, c<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?

doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%

3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-f01>) but lacked

expression of CD3, consistent with a T-cell neoplasm. The cells

> > were CD30 positive (Figure,

d<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%

282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-

2165-127-3-e115-f01>)and focally positive for epithelial membrane

antigen. Immunostainingfor

> > ALCL kinase protein (ALK-1), T-cell intracellular antigen,

andlatent nuclear

> > antigen of human herpesvirus 8 was negative (Table

1<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%

282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-

2165-127-3-e115-t01>).In situ hybridization for the Epstein-Barr

virus was also negative.

> > PCRanalysis showed a monoclonal band for T-cell receptor ? and

apolyclonal

> > pattern for IgH and T-cell receptor ß. Based on thesestudies, the

diagnosis

> > of CD30-positive ALCL was reached.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > *COMMENT* Return to TOC<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?

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3B2 & request=get-document#TOC>

> >

> >

> >

> > Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the breast is rare and represents

0.04% to

> > 0.5% of all malignant breast

tumors.5<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-

9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-

document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b5>The

> > vast majority of breast lymphomas are of B-cell origin. Only

rarecases of

> > T-cell breast lymphoma have been reported either as singlecase

reports and

> > as part of a series, including one series of 4patients with T-

cell neoplasms

> > in the breast.5<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?

doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%

3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b5>Included

> > in these reports are lymphoblastic lymphoma, peripheral T-

celllymphoma,

> > multilobated T-cell lymphoma, mycosis fungoides, naturalkiller

cell

> > lymphoma, and ALCL.

> >

> > Anaplasticlarge cell lymphoma accounts for approximately 3% of

adult

> > non-Hodgkinlymphomas and involves both lymph nodes and extranodal

sites.6<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-

9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-

document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b6>Extranodal ALCL has been found in

the skin (21%), soft tissues (17%), bone

> > (17%), lung (11%), and liver

(8%).6<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%

282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-

2165-127-3-e115-b6>Involvement

> > of the breast is rare in ALCL. There have been only 3reports of

primary

> > breast ALCL, including one case in proximity to asaline-filled

implant.2,<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-

9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-

document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b2>

> > 5,<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%

282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-

2165-127-3-e115-b5>

> > 7<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%

282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-

2165-127-3-e115-b7>Furthermore, 3 additional cases of secondary ALCL

of the breast have been

> > reported.8,<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%

2F0003-9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-

document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b8>

> > 9<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%

282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-

2165-127-3-e115-b9>The demographic and follow-up data on these

previously reported ALCLs of the

> > breast are summarized in Table

2<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%

282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-

2165-127-3-e115-t02>.Preliminary data suggest that the most important

prognostic indicatorof

> > ALCL is ALK-1 positivity, which has been associated with a

> > favorableprognosis. The overall 5-year survival rate in ALK-1–

positive ALCL

> > isclose to 80%, in contrast to only 40% in ALK-1–negative

cases.6<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-

9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-

document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b6>In only 1 of 6 previously reported

cases was the ALK-1 stain reported to be

> > positive7<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%

2F0003-9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-

document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b7>;in

> > the remaining cases the ALK-1 status was unknown. The present

caseof ALCL

> > was ALK-1 negative and was limited to the breast, and thepatient

showed

> > resolution of her lymphoma after chemotherapy. Fromthese isolated

cases,

> > with the limited follow-up data and unknownstatus of ALK-1

expression, it is

> > difficult to predict the clinicalcourse of primary CD30-positive

ALCL of the

> > breast.

> >

> > Thepresenting symptom in virtually all cases of primary breast

lymphoma isa

> > mass-type lesion, which is sometimes painful and is located

mostoften in the

> > upper outer quadrant.10<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?

doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%

3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b10>In

> > contrast, patients who developed breast lymphoma

followingprosthesis

> > implantation had implant-related symptoms with or without amass-

type lesion.

> > Table 3<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-

9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-

document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-t03>summarizes the clinical and

pathologic features of lymphoma in thepatients

> > with either primary or secondary ALCL of the breast

associatedwith an

> > implant, including the current case (case 1). In case 2, acomputed

> > tomography scan of the chest demonstrated

circumferentialencasement of the

> > right breast implant with

tumor.2<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-

9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-

document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b2>In

> > case 3, a computed tomography scan of the chest revealed

fluidaccumulation

> > between the capsule and implant, but a magnetic resonanceimage of

the breast

> > was unremarkable. Aspiration of the effusion wasdiagnostic of a

> > CD30-positive, CD43-positive B-cell

lymphoma.3<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-

9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-

document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b3>In

> > case 4, the patient developed discomfort in the breast, and

> > physicalexamination revealed a significant capsular contracture

and a

> > smallpalpable nodule.4<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?

doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%

3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-2165-127-3-e115-b4>In

> > all 4 patients with primary CD30-positive lymphoma, the

neoplasticprocess

> > was detected during the workup of implant-relatedcomplications,

and in 2

> > patients (including the woman of this report),the diagnosis of

lymphoma was

> > made only after pathologic examination.These cases emphasize the

need for

> > careful pathologic examination oftissue removed because of

implant-related

> > complications.

> >

> > Currently,there is no evidence available directly relating

lymphoma to

> > siliconebreast prostheses. The sporadic cases of lymphoma

developing in

> > breastswith implants and in lymph nodes with silicone granulomas

have

> > occurredin patients with draining prosthestic joint replacements

for

> > fingerjoint arthritis.11–

13<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?doi=10.1043%2F0003-9985%

282003%29127%3Ce115:ALCLAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2 & request=get-document#i1543-

2165-127-3-e115-b11>Because

> > only 4 cases of implant-related lymphoma in the breast havebeen

reported

> > from among more than 1 million women with breastimplants, the

occurrence of

> > lymphoma in these women may be unrelated tothe implants.

Nonetheless, the

> > localization of lymphoma inperiprosthetic breast tissue is

noteworthy.

> >

> > *References* Return to TOC<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?

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> >

> >

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> > 7. Pillay P, Chetty R. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the

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> > 11. E, Ahmed A, RashioATMF, DH. Silicone

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> > 12. Digby JM. Malignant lymphoma with intranodal silicone rubber

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> >

> > *Tables* Return to TOC<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?

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> >

> > Table 1.Immunophenotypic Analysis: Methods and Results

> >

> > Table 2.Summary of Previous Reports of CD30-Positive Anaplastic

Large Cell

> > Lymphoma of the Breast

> >

> > Table 3.Summary of Previously Reported Breast Lymphomas

Associated With

> > Implants

> >

> > *Figures* Return to TOC<http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?

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> >

> >

> > Click on thumbnail for full-sized image.

> >

> > a,Neoplastic breast cells are large and have clear cytoplasm,

largenuclei,

> > and prominent nucleoli. An overlying layer of fibrinousmaterial

is also

> > present (hematoxylin-eosin, original magnification×20). b, Empty

spaces

> > containing unstained refractile materialconsistent with silicone

particles

> > (black arrows) are often in closeproximity to the tumor cells

(white arrow)

> > (hematoxylin-eosin, originalmagnification ×40). c, Neoplastic

cells express

> > the T-cell–associatedantigen CD43 (immunoperoxidase, original

magnification

> > ×20). d, Tumorcells are strongly positive for CD30 (BerH2,

immunoperoxidase,

> > originalmagnification ×20)

> >

> > Corresponding author: Amy Chadburn, MD, Department of Pathology,

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