- Augmentation mammoplasty, breast enlargement
- Photographs of breast augmentation
- Six Decisions to Make Before Breast Augmentation Surgery
- Recovery After Breast Augmentation
- Risks and Complications of Breast Augmentation
- implant_choices
- How is a breast augmentation done?
- Deciding about the best incision to use for breast augmentation
- Position of breast implants, above or below the pectoral muscle?
- What Size Of Implant To Use
- Materials Used for Breast Enlargement
- FDA NEWS RELEASE Thursday, June 23, 2011
- Silicone Gel Breast Implants
- Textured Implants For Breast Augmentation
- How much of a breast implant is covered by the pectoral muscle?
- Breast implant shape: the round and teardrop implant
- Silicone Gel Implant Rupture
- FAQs about breast augmentation
- Breast Implants and Suicide Risk
- Breast Implants & Lymphoma
- Capsular Contracture After Breast Augmentation
- Infection After Breast Augmentation
- Breast milk in women who have breast implants
- Health risk to the children of women with breast implants
- Mondor's Disease After Breast Augmentation
- Video Presentation
- Breast Implant Key Events Timeline
Over the last few years a concern has been raised about the relationship of breast implants, saline or gel filled, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. If it occurs it is possibly associated with swelling or fluid collecting around an implant. Patients who develop fluid around their implant should contact their plastic surgeon.
The association was initially raised when a certain type of manufacturing process used for some McGhan-Allergan, Nagor and PIP implants seemed to be associated with a small number of T-CELL Non Hodgkins Anaplastic Lymphomas - Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL).
This issue is being carefully monitored by the FDA, and a committee of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Recent research suggests that such a link, if it occurs, is very rare. The Washington Post has an article about this that you may wish to read.
The sensible thing to do if you have such an implant is to contact your plastic surgeon for further advice.
If you do not have this kind of implant it is still possible that, although rare, such a tumor might occur. In these cases it us is usually recommended that the implant and surrounding capsule is removed. When the implant is under the muscle complete removal of the capsule may be more difficult.