Study finds cancer linked to gluteal implant

A deadly cancer linked to a gluteal implant was found in a woman, according to a study published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal from surgeons at the University of Southern California.

The study follows the Food and Drug Administration receiving an increase in reports and cases of breast implants linked to anaplastic large cell lymphoma – with nine deaths reported.

The abstract of the study read: “In the past decade, there have been an increasing number of publications focused on BIA-ALCL, but there has yet to be a reported case outside of the breast. Here, we describe a unique instance of gluteal implant-associated ALCL (GIA-ALCL) in a middle-aged woman.”

The woman in question received bilateral textured silicone implants a year prior to her diagnosis of GIA-ALCL.