Extranodal primary non hodgkin lymphoma of breast: Multimodal approach to diagnosis
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
The primary NonHodgkinrsquos lymphoma of breast is rare The primary lymphomas of breast are bilateral in younger age group and unilateral in older age group We report a rare case of primary NonHodgkinrsquos lymphoma NHL diffuse large B cell type of right breast with multimodal approach for diagnosis Features of undifferentiated carcinoma were seen on fine needle aspiration cytology histopathology with gold standard method for diagnosis showed features of aggressive malignant diffuse large cell lymphoma Immunohistochemistry positive for CD20 MUM1 and Bcl6 provided the evidence to the histopathological diagnosis and guided us towards the poor prognosis of the malignancy by subtyping We compare the incidence of NHL of breast at our institute with the available literatureKeywords Primary NonHodgkinrsquos lymphoma of breast diffuse large B cell type Fine needle aspiration cytology Immunohistochemistry
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Nandkumar V. Dravid, Nikhil U. Ningurkar, Dhiraj B. Nikumbh, Arundhati S. Gadre
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- DOI 10.18231/2394-6792.2018.0066
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