Rare lymphoid malignancies of the breast: report of two cases illustrating potential diagnostic techniques.
Two cases of lymphoid malignancy involving the breast are herein presented. Both patients were admitted with a palpable breast mass. Ultrasound demonstrated hypoechoic, ill-defined lesions of the breast in both patients; mammogram also showed spiculated breast densities. Both patients underwent core biopsy, which revealed lymphomatous cells. Total-body evaluation was also performed by computed tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography revealing no other fluorodeoxyglucose-avid foci in the first case and supra and subdiaphragmatic disease in the second one.
Department of Biopathology and Diagnostic Imaging, University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Orazio
O
Schillaci
Laura
L
Travascio
Annamaria
A
Lacanfora
Sara
S
Ceccarelli
Giovanni
G
Simonetti
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008327:Mammography; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Breast; lymphoma; primary breast lymphoma; secondary breast lymphoma