Gigantomastia During Pregnancy Due to Burkitt Lymphoma
Virginia Foreste1, Luigi Della Corte1, Cristina Stradella1
1Department of Neuroscience, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, School of Medicine, Napoli, Italy.
Abstract:
Gigantomastia is a rare complication of pregnancy usually associated with benign conditions and rarely with malignancies. This paper reports a non-Hodgkin lymphoma case associated with gigantomastia during pregnancy. The patient was a 30-year-old gravida one woman, with a history of rapidly enlarging right breast at 2 weeks prior to presentation. After the first diagnosis of benign gigantomastia, the continuous growth of the breast, despite the delivery and bromocriptine therapy, required further investigation of the case. The histological analysis revealed the presence of Burkitt lymphoma. Malignant causes of unilateral gigantomastia in pregnancy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of this condition.
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