USFDA recorded 55 additional cases of a rare type of lymphoma linked to patients with textured breast implants in the last year, raising the total to 414 cases of BIA-ALCL reported via its Medical Device Reporting (MDR) adverse event system, including nine patient deaths. The March 21 updates on the link between both saline and silicone implants and the lymphoma can be viewed at FDA'sBIA-ALCLwebpage.
In March 2017, the agency reported it knew of 359 cases.