Breast cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and mucormycosis.
Prolonged survival following diagnosis of lipid-rich carcinoma of breast is unusual. We report on a patient in whom lipid-rich carcinoma of one breast, invasive ductal carcinoma of the other breast and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia were diagnosed simultaneously; she survived 14 years without breast tumour recurrence and died with atypical mucormycosis.
McAlpine
L G
LG
Department of Medicine, Western Infirmary, Glasgow.
Williams
D J
DJ
Dagg
J H
JH
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications*; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary