A rare case of primary breast lymphoma presenting as calcifications on screening mammography

Wojtkiewicz Steven, DO; Jaime L Szarmach, MD; Madhavi Raghu, MD; Seema Bakhru, MD; Todd Everett, MD; Francis Flaherty, MD; Gilda Boroumand, MD

Radiology Case Reports (May 2024)

A rare case of primary breast lymphoma presenting as calcifications on screening mammography

Wojtkiewicz Steven, DO,
Jaime L Szarmach, MD,
Madhavi Raghu, MD,
Seema Bakhru, MD,
Todd Everett, MD,
Francis Flaherty, MD,
Gilda Boroumand, MD

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Wojtkiewicz Steven, DO: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple St, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
Jaime L Szarmach, MD: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple St, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
Madhavi Raghu, MD: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple St, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
Seema Bakhru, MD: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple St, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
Todd Everett, MD: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple St, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
Francis Flaherty, MD: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple St, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
Gilda Boroumand, MD: Corresponding author.; Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple St, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 5
pp. 1734 – 1739

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Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma (EMZL) is a low-grade subtype of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that can affect any mucosal tissue, most commonly the GI tract. Primary involvement of the breast, known as primary breast lymphoma (PBL), is a very rare manifestation. We report an unusual case of a 65-year-old woman with primary breast EMZL presenting as calcifications discovered during screening mammography. This represents an exceedingly atypical appearance of primary breast lymphoma that is rarely described in the literature.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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