Breast involvement in malignant blood diseases. A report of four cases and review of the literature.
The breast involvement in malignant blood diseases is a very rare manifestation. Four cases observed by the Author in the last 12 years, consisting of one male with Multiple Myeloma (MM) stage III A, and three females with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), in IA-E, IIIA-E and IV A stage respectively are described. The presence of breast plasmacytoma, lymphoblastic or lympho-plasmocytic type lymphoma observed in 3 of 4 cases has been rarely reported.
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Clinica medica II, Università, Bari.
D000368:Aged; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis