title: T-Cell lymphoblastic lymphoma presenting as bilateral multinodular breast masses: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma of T-cell lineage involving the breast is rare. We report on a 41-year-old woman with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma who presented with multiple bilateral breast masses. The patient was treated with intensive chemotherapy and mediastinal and whole-brain irradiation. She remains in complete remission 24 months after diagnosis. The clinical, histologic, phenotypic, and cytogenetic features are described, with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 630 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10033, USA.
authors.forename: Efsevia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vakiani
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: Eliza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pile-Spellman
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Tamer
authors.forename: Ila R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Vundavalli S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Murty
authors.forename: Bachir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alobeid
authors.forename: Govind
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhagat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016371:Cranial Irradiation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012074:Remission Induction / Q000379:methods