Recurrent Hodgkin's disease in the breast. Diagnosis of a case by fine needle aspiration and immunocytochemistry.
Recurrent Hodgkin's disease involving the breast in a 17-year-old girl was diagnosed by fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of a solitary mass that developed one year after "curative" radiation. Benign breast disease and breast carcinoma were ruled out upon cytologic examination of the FNA smears, which contained diagnostic Reed-Sternberg cells and the characteristic polymorphic background elements. Follow-up immunoperoxidase staining for Leu-M1 on destained smears confirmed the diagnosis. Definitive therapeutic measures were initiated after the FNA diagnosis.
Corrigan
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Department of Pathology, University of Louisville, KY 40292.
Sewell
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Martin
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D000293:Adolescent; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology