Two cases of breast lymphoma mimicking juvenile hypertrophy

Two cases of mammary lymphosarcoma in adolescents, a secondary localization of a systemic process, are described. These cases clinically presented as bilateral virginal hypertrophies. One patient died while being treated with chemotherapy; the tumoral mass in the other patient had been reduced at th...

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Published inJournal of pediatric & adolescent gynecology Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 33 - 35
Main Authors Noto, A. Di, Pacheco, B. Pereyra, Vicala, R., Itala, J., Pellegrino, J., Ribas, J.M. Mendez
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.1999
Subjects
Adolescent
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use
Breast - pathology
Breast cancer
Breast hypertrophy
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Hypertrophy - diagnosis
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - diagnosis
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - drug therapy
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - pathology
Lymphosarcoma
Tumors, mammary glands
Tumors, mammary glands
Breast cancer
Lymphosarcoma
Breast hypertrophy
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Summary:Two cases of mammary lymphosarcoma in adolescents, a secondary localization of a systemic process, are described. These cases clinically presented as bilateral virginal hypertrophies. One patient died while being treated with chemotherapy; the tumoral mass in the other patient had been reduced at the end of treatment.
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ISSN:1083-3188
1873-4332
DOI:10.1016/S1083-3188(00)86619-X