Primary Malignant Lymphoma of the Breast： a Study of 15 Cases and Review of the Chinese Literature

Primary Malignant Lymphoma of the Breast： a Study of 15 Cases and Review of the Chinese

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ChunhongHu;LiqiangZhou;PingLiu

【期刊名称】《中国肿瘤临床：英文版》 【年(卷),期】2004(001)004

【摘要】OBJECTIVE To study the clinical features and significant prognostic factors for primary breast lymphoma (PBL).METHODS A retrospective clinical analysis of 15 patients with PBL and a statistical analysis of 134 cases with PBL were performed.RESULTS All 15 patients, but one, were female with a median age of 42years. None were diagnosed with PBL preoperatively. Pathological studyshowed that all cases were non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with the DLCL type(53.3%). The right breast was affected in 10 patients, the left in 4 and both inone. A statistical analysis showed that the size of tumors and treatmentpattern (single or multi-modality) were significant prognostic factors inpredicting the survival time, but the location of the tumor at initialpresentation and the age of the patients were not.CONCLUSION Most PBLs are NHL. The right breast is more frequently involved. The correct diagnosis depends mostly on postoperative pathology. The size of the tumor and the modality of treatment are significant prognostic factors.