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High grade MALT-lymphoma of the breast
M J Kuper-Hommel1, L W Vrints, J W Coebergh
1Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Hospital, Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|July 10, 1999
Abstract:
A 65-year-old woman presented with a rapidly growing breast tumor, initially diagnosed as a carcinoma. Histology showed a breast lymphoma of high grade MALT-type. A lymphoma should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of a breast tumor, because it needs a different work-up and treatment. The subgroup of NHL of Mucosa-Associated-Lymphoid-Tissue origin has different clinical behaviour, as illustrated in this report.