Background and Objective

The anaplastic large cell lymphoma associated with breast implants is a subtype of peripheral T cell lymphoma that can be found in the periprosthetic capsule, the fluid between the implant and the capsule in the form of a seroma, or in advanced cases such as metastatic disease.

We provide 4 clinical cases diagnosed in the province of Alicante, Spain, being of interest because of the low incidence reported and few published scientific papers nationwide.

Methods

We describe these 4 clinical cases and recorded: age, history, implant indication, previous surgery details, implant type of surface and brand, clinical presentation of the pathology and treatment.

Results

Two cases corresponded to cosmetic surgery and 2 to reconstructive surgery; clinical presentation in 3 cases was late seroma and lymphadenopathy in 1. Three implants had textured surface and one was of polyurethane. Bilateral capsulectomy was performed in all cases.

Conclusions

The main contribution of our cases is to highlight the importance of informing about diagnosed cases, because of the rare incidence of the disease and the lack of publications about this theme in the Ibero-Latinamerican environment.

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