Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the breast as third malignancy in one patient.
We report a case of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the breast as third metachronous neoplasm in the same patient. Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the breast occurred about 2 years after endometrial cancer and 1 year after bladder cancer. The patient underwent quadrantectomy with level I-II axillary lymph nodes dissection plus rituximab-cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone chemotherapy. Patient's health status gradually got worse and 11 months after surgery the patient died.
Guastafierro
Salvatore
S
Department of Haematology, Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Immunology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Falcone
Umberto
U
Celentano
Maria
M
Ferraraccio
Franca
F
Iovino
Francesco
F
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology