title: Primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the breast.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. rajendran@xrt.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Ramji R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Rajendran
authors.forename: Juan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Palazzo
authors.forename: Gordon F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: Lawrence J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Solin
mesh_terms: 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