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. 2018 Jan 21;2018:2414278. doi: 10.1155/2018/2414278

Table 2.

Summary of management of BIA-ALCL in patients presenting with mass and/or lymph node involvement and effusion alone.

Reference Age, years Effusion Mass Lymph node involvement Treatments (given in order listed)
Mass/node involvement
Zimmerman et al. [21] 48 Yes No Yes 6 cycles CHOP, bilateral total capsulectomy, 2 cycles salvage chemotherapy, 3 cycles anti-CD30 therapy with brentuximab vedotin, scheduled to receive stem cell transplant
Hwang et al. [22] 48 Yes Yes No Unilateral capsulectomy, CHOP
Parthasarathy et al. [23] 43 No Yes Yes 2 cycles CHOP, cisplatin + gemcitabine, unilateral mastectomy with axillary nodes, RT (40 Gy in 15 fractions)
Tardio and Granados [24] 50 No No Yes Bilateral capsulectomy, 4 cycles CHOP, RT
Effusion only
Bautista-Quach et al. [25] 52 Yes No No 6 cycles CHOP
George et al. [26] 67 Yes No No Bilateral capsulectomy
De Silva et al. [27] 38 Yes No No Bilateral capsulectomy, RT (36 Gy in 20 fractions)
Smith and Ramsaroop [28] 33 Yes No No 6 cycles CHOP, bilateral capsulectomy
Wong et al. [29] 40 Yes No No Bilateral capsulectomy, referred for CHOP and RT
Sorensen et al. [30] 59 Yes No No Unilateral capsulectomy on affected side and bilateral removal of implants

CHOP, cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone/prednisolone; RT, radiation therapy; Gy, Gray.