title: [Primary lymphoma of the breast. Clinico-pathologic description of a case].
abstract: Primary malignant lymphomas of the breast are extremely rare, accounting for only 0.04% to 0.53% of all breast malignancies. Recently a connection between some primary breast lymphomas and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) has been reported identifying an extranodal lymphoma as MALT-type bears some biologic relevance, especially in terms of its spread to other mucosal sites, which sometimes occurs before disseminating into peripheral lymphoid tissue. The Authors report a case of primary breast lymphoma associated with a possible connective disease. Nevertheless the case reported cannot confirm a precise time relationship between malignant lymphomas and autoimmunity, we think that it can be possible.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Oncologia Medica, Azienda ospedaliera, Arcispedale S. Anna, Ferrara.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maestri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gilli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Linfoma primitivo della mammella. Descrizione clinico-patologica di un caso.