Bilateral Lymphoblastic Lymphoma of Breast Mimicking Inflammatory Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Authors

1 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,

2 Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Pathology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

We report a 45 year-old woman who had bilateral breast masses with extradural involvement. Pathologic report revealed malignant high-grade lymphoblastic lymphoma. Systemic chemotherapy was performed but 3 months later, lesions indicating relapse in bone and breast re-appeared. She received salvage chemotherapy, but 4 months after that she was expired.

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