Waldenstrøm's macroglobulinaemia of the breast detected by colour Doppler ultrasound.
Waldenstrøm's macroglobulinaemia (lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma) is a low grade B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The majority of patients present with advanced disease. Lymphoma of the breast is rare and usually arises as part of a disseminated disease process. A case of disseminated Waldenstrøm's macroglobulinaemia is reported in which the breast was involved. The findings using standard mammographic and ultrasound techniques were non-specific and only when colour Doppler examination was performed could an abnormality be detected.
Lamb
P M
PM
Department of Radiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, UK.
Perry
N M
NM
Mulele
C K
CK
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*