FDA requests Allergan voluntarily recall some breast implants

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FDA has requesting that Allergan, the manufacturer of a specific type of textured implant, recall specific models of its textured breast implants from the U.S. market due to the risk of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL).

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