Abbes M, Persch M, Bongain A, Schneider M, Thyss A, Hery M, Ettoré F
Service de Chirurgie Carcinologique et Réparatrice, Centre anti-cancéreux Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice.
J Radiol. 1992 Aug-Sep;73(8-9):461-5.
The authors describe 10 cases of malignant non Hodgkin's lymphoma in a mammary site in women aged 38 to 82 years. The clinical examination and the sometimes suggest an adenocarcinomatous lesion, thus leading to a useless surgical exeresis. An initial histological study provides the diagnosis. A complete assessment of extension allows an accurate staging and the refinement of the therapeutic schedule. Exclusive radiation therapy seems to be justified in low-malignancy forms remaining strictly confined to the breast. For the high- and medium-malignancy forms, the essential weapon is chemotherapy, which seems to improve the duration and rate of remission.
