The clinical case of a 48-year-old patient with BREAST IMPLANT-ASSOCIATED ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA (BIA-ALCL) is presented. The clinical presentation, diagnosis methods, and treatment are described.The case is combined with a bibliographic review that summarizes and analyses the history and epidemiology of this emerging pathology, of low incidence, but with a discrete malignant potential.The growing use of breast implants around the world, both in breast reconstruction and aesthetics, makes be aware of new publications that increase more robust evidence to the knowledge of this entity.
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