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FDA updates analysis of medical device reports of breast implant illness and breast implant-associated lymphoma

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FDA is providing an update on adverse events reported to the Agency related to breast implants, including breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and systemic signs and symptoms referred to by patients as breast implant illness, which some patients report after receiving breast implants.

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