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Silicone lymphadenopathy: Presentation of a further case containing asteroid bodies on fine‐needle cytology sample
Author(s) -
Malzone Maria Gabriella,
Campanile Anna Cipolletta,
Gioioso Antonella,
Fucito Alfredo,
D'Aiuto Giuseppe,
Botti Gerardo,
Fulciniti Franco
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.23123
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node , giant cell , pathology , cytology , fine needle aspiration , malignancy , lymph , axillary lymph nodes , silicone , cytopathology , histiocyte , biopsy , breast cancer , cancer , chemistry , organic chemistry
Silicone lymphadenopathy is a recognized complication of breast augmentation. It is thought to occur when silicone droplets migrate from breast implants to lymph nodes. We report the cytologic findings in axillary and inguinal lymph node aspirate smears from a 35‐year‐old Italian woman, who came to our observation 10 years after bilateral cosmetic breast augmentation. A fine‐needle cytology of the axillary lymph node showed extensive granulomatous inflammation, numerous histiocytes, and multinucleated giant cells containing star‐shaped structures known as “asteroid bodies.” The inguinal lymph node aspirate simply showed an aspecific reactive hyperplasia. No evidence of malignancy was present in any of the smears as well as in the excised axillary lymph node. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2015;43:57–59. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.