Haematological cancers in the breast and axilla: a drop in an ocean of breast malignancy.
We have reviewed imaging findings of 32 female patients with a proven haematological malignancy in the breast and axilla presenting to two breast units over a 13-year period. Nineteen patients had screen-detected lesions, and 13 presented to symptomatic services. The most common histological diagnosis was of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Of the 12 patients who presented with disease in the breast, six (all with primary breast lymphoma) presented with a well-defined mass on mammography. The range of radiological appearances is, however, highly variable.
Cox
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J
University Hospital North Durham, Durham, UK. j_cox@talk21.com
Lunt
L
L
McLean
L
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D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology*; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies