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Primary Follicular Lymphoma in a Male Breast: A Case Report

Primary breast lymphoma (PBL) is a rare disease, particularly in males. Diffuse large B cell lymphoma is the most common PBL, while follicular lymphoma is less common. Furthermore, primary follicular lymphoma of a male breast is rarely reported. We report a male patient with primary follicular lymph...

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Autores principales: Jung, Seung Pil, Han, Kang Min, Kim, Seok Jin, Nam, Seok Jin, Bae, Jeoung Won, Lee, Jeong Eon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Cancer Association 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3918521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24520230
http://dx.doi.org/10.4143/crt.2014.46.1.104
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Sumario:Primary breast lymphoma (PBL) is a rare disease, particularly in males. Diffuse large B cell lymphoma is the most common PBL, while follicular lymphoma is less common. Furthermore, primary follicular lymphoma of a male breast is rarely reported. We report a male patient with primary follicular lymphoma of the breast and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A 46-year-old man was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis secondary to chronic hepatitis B infection. Ten years later, he underwent segmentectomy of the liver due to HCC. Another 5 months later, he presented with a painless mass in the right chest wall. The mass was diagnosed as follicular lymphoma of the breast. The stage was IEA and he did not receive adjuvant therapy. Although only a few cases have been reported, lymphoma should be considered as a possible cause of breast mass, even in male patients.