Medullary carcinoma of the breast after radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease in a young woman: report of a case.
A 28-year-old woman who had received mantle-field radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease (HD) almost 10 years earlier was referred to our hospital for investigation of a palpable mass in her left breast. Mammography, sonography, and fine-needle aspiration were done and the results showed medullary carcinoma of the breast, an uncommon type of breast cancer in young women. We review the literature on the secondary development of breast cancer after radiation therapy for HD.
Hwang
Kyu-Won
KW
Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Guro Hospital, 97 Guro-dong, Guro-ku, Seoul 152-703, South Korea.
Woo
Ok Hee
OH
Koo
Bum Hwan
BH
Yong
Hwan Seok
HS
Kim
Aeree
A
Kang
Eun-Young
EY
D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary