title: Malignant lymphoma of the breast: a review of 13 cases.
abstract: Thirteen cases of primary malignant lymphoma of the breast are reported from a 15-year retrospective review of records. The ages ranged from 19 to 75 years. One patient had nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease and 12 had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Eleven patients were treated with local excision, followed by radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or both. One patient had mastectomy and chemotherapy, and one had local excision only. Four patients died 6 months to 7 years after initial diagnosis. One patient was alive and with disease 5 years later. The remainder were alive and free of disease 24 months to 9 years after presentation. Prognosis depended on the clinical stage and histologic grade of the lesion. Five-year survival was 72 per cent, which was slightly better than that observed in mammary carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Dao
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Adkins
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Glick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000592:standards; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000592:standards; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome