title: Medullary carcinoma of the breast after radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease in a young woman: report of a case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Guro Hospital, 97 Guro-dong, Guro-ku, Seoul 152-703, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kyu-Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Ok Hee
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Bum Hwan
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Hwan Seok
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Aeree
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eun-Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: 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