Abstract
Extranodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is a rare breast disease. Here we report three cases of primary NHL of the breast. The first patient was a 29-year-old woman with a firm mass in her right breast with ipsilateral axillary lymphadenopathy. An excisional biopsy revealed NHLs. Clinical stage was IIAE. The tumor and enlarged lymph nodes had successfully been treated following the combination therapy. The second patient was a 70-year-old women with an elastic hard mass in her left breast. An excisional biopsy revealed NHLs and clinical stage was 1AE. The tumor disappeared following the combination therapy. The third patient was a 67-year-old women with a hard mass in her left breast. Core needle biopsy revealed NHLs and clinical stage was 1AE. The tumor disappeared following chemotherapy. All patients are alive with no evidence of recurrence 4–8 years after the initial treatment. Although a standard treatment has yet to be established, an initial treatment with combination therapy without surgical intervention including axillary dissection appears to be appropriate for this rare disease.
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Abbreviations
- NHL:
-
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- PLB:
-
Primary malignant lymphoma of the breast
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Ogawa, T., Tsuji, Ei., Shirakawa, K. et al. Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the breast treated nonsurgically: report of three cases. Breast Cancer 18, 68–72 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12282-009-0107-y
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