by Adidharma, Widya; Latack, Kyle R.; Colohan, Shannon M.;
Morrison, Shane D.; Cederna, Paul S.
Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery: January 2020
- Volume 145 - Issue 1 - p 225e-227e
Physicians are seeing an increase in breast implant illness,
a phrase describing ill-defined symptoms attributed to breast implants.1,2 Because
of extensive media attention on breast implant-related issues, it is
understandable why patients may confuse breast implant illness with other
breast implant-related diagnoses, including breast implant-associated
anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.3,4 Given
the increasing role of online media in disseminating medical information,
understanding information regarding breast implant illness on such platforms
and how it impacts patients’ understanding of breast implant illness may inform
physicians how to more effectively communicate with their patients.3 In
this study, we assessed Google Trends and Twitter content to identify catalysts
to the increased incidence of breast implant illness…
