A rare case of synchronous mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma involving bilateral breasts and subcutaneous tissues

Cecile D Moliva Anendaga, MD; Madhavi Raghu, MD; Jaime L Szarmach, MD; Seema Bakhru, MD; Francis T Flaherty, MD; Gilda Boroumand, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Oct 2022)

A rare case of synchronous mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma involving bilateral breasts and subcutaneous tissues

Cecile D Moliva Anendaga, MD,
Madhavi Raghu, MD,
Jaime L Szarmach, MD,
Seema Bakhru, MD,
Francis T Flaherty, MD,
Gilda Boroumand, MD

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Cecile D Moliva Anendaga, MD: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple Street, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
Madhavi Raghu, MD: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple Street, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
Jaime L Szarmach, MD: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple Street, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
Seema Bakhru, MD: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple Street, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
Francis T Flaherty, MD: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple Street, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
Gilda Boroumand, MD: Corresponding author.; Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, 34 Maple Street, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 10
pp. 4049 – 4052

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Marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue is a B-cell lymphoma which arises in extranodal sites, most commonly the stomach. Involvement of the breast is very rare. We present a case of an asymptomatic 63-year-old woman with synchronous mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma involving both breasts and subcutaneous tissues. This represents a form of secondary breast lymphoma (given the concurrent involvement of the breast and non-mammary organ systems) and is an exceedingly rare diagnosis which, to our knowledge, has only been discussed in a few case series.

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
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