Primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the breast.
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is an extranodal indolent lymphoma with histopatholigic features similar to those of marginal zone B-cell lymphomas. Primary breast MALT lymphomas were first described by Lamovec and Jancar as a low-grade B-cell lymphoma in 1987. Herein, a case is presented of a patient with primary MALT lymphoma of the breast. Issues in diagnosis and breast-conservation treatment, as it pertains to primary MALT lymphoma of the breast, will be discussed.
Rajendran
Ramji R
RR
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. rajendran@xrt.upenn.edu
Palazzo
Juan P
JP
Schwartz
Gordon F
GF
Glick
John H
JH
Solin
Lawrence J
LJ
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy