title: Unusual breast tumors: primary lymphoma. A case report.
abstract: An 82-year-old woman presented with a right breast lump with erythematous reaction of the overlying skin and corresponding lymph nodes. Cytological examination of the breast lesion and lymph nodes suggested a lymphoid proliferation. Frozen section revealed carcinoma with lymphoid stroma. Simple mastectomy was performed because of the extent of the lesion. Histological diagnosis was non-Hodgkin type B large-cell lymphoma. Primary breast lymphomas behave similarly to lymphomas of similar histologic types occurring in other sites. The authors illustrate the diagnostic difficulties and the usefulness of complementary techniques in the diagnosis of an unusual breast mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Science, University of Rome La Sapienza, Roma, Italy. vittorio.pasta@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pasta
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Midulla
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monti
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martelli
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torcasio
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery