Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the breast treated nonsurgically: report of three cases
| Autor: | Kotoe Terada, Kazuo Shirakawa, Hajime Kanauchi, Toshihisa Ogawa, Takashi Sakatani, Eiichi Tsuji, Rie Kurabayashi, Noriaki Hayashibara, Yasuko Kikuchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Breast Neoplasms Breast cancer immune system diseases hemic and lymphatic diseases Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols Biopsy medicine Axillary Lymphadenopathy Humans Pharmacology (medical) Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Standard treatment Radiotherapy Dosage General Medicine medicine.disease Combined Modality Therapy Surgery Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Lymphoma Treatment Outcome Oncology Female Breast disease business Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | Breast Cancer. 18:68-72 |
| ISSN: | 1880-4233 1340-6868 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12282-009-0107-y |
| Popis: | 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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