Four cases of malignant primary breast lymphoma
Ishihara, S.; Kashiwagi, S.; Asano, Y.; Morisaki, T.; Noda, S.; Kawajiri, H.; Takashima, T.; Onoda, N.; Ohsawa, M.; Hirakawa, K.
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and ChemoTherapy 41(12): 1942-1944
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0385-0684 PMID: 25731383 Document Number: 674784
Primary malignant lymphoma of the breast (PBL) is comparatively rare in Japan.Herein, the authors present report 4 cases of PBL. All patients had the primary finding of a palpable left breast mass.Malignant lymphoma was strongly suspected by core needle biopsy, and final diagnosis was made on surgical specimens. All cases were diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and were treated with targeted chemotherapy with R-CHOP. Only 1 of the 4 patients needed multidisciplinary therapy due to advanced age.Whenever PBL is suspected, targeted therapy should be considered.