Primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the breast

Clin Breast Cancer. 2008 Apr;8(2):187-8. doi: 10.3816/CBC.2008.n.020.

Abstract

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is an extranodal indolent lymphoma with histopatholigic features similar to those of marginal zone B-cell lymphomas. Primary breast MALT lymphomas were first described by Lamovec and Jancar as a low-grade B-cell lymphoma in 1987. Herein, a case is presented of a patient with primary MALT lymphoma of the breast. Issues in diagnosis and breast-conservation treatment, as it pertains to primary MALT lymphoma of the breast, will be discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / radiotherapy