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Abstract
Breast involvement by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is rare. Differences between primary and secondary breast lymphoma have been reported, and a relationship between primary breast lymphoma and lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue has been suggested. We reviewed 61 cases of breast lymphoma (41 primary, 13 secondary, and 7 unclear) that included 28 right-sided masses at presentation, 17 left-sided, 12 bilateral, and 4 in which the side was not known. A subgroup of bilateral breast lymphomas was identified that occurred in young women, four of which were pregnant or postpartum. A high incidence of intermediate- and high-grade lymphomas were present in both cases of primary and secondary lymphomas as was a high frequency of B-cell phenotype. Additional immunohistochemical studies failed to demonstrate evidence of marginal or mantle cell differentiation in seven of eight cases studied. Lymphoepithelial lesions were identified in a majority of cases, including 67% of primary and 64% of secondary lymphomas. This study failed to demonstrate a morphologic difference between primary or secondary lymphomas of the breast and suggests that breast lymphomas differ from other extranodal lymphomas in that the latter are frequently low grade.
View details for Web of Science ID A1994MZ33100009
View details for PubMedID 8116797