Contralateral Breast Diffuse Large B Cell Malignant Lymphoma With Previous MALT Lymphoma

Background: Breast involvement during malignant lymphomas is a rarecondition, whether in primary or secondary cases, whereas according to theliterature, primary breast lymphomas represents merely less than ۰.۵% of thebreast malignancies.Case Presentation: The case was a ۴۸ years-old patient referred to the clinicwith contralateral breast diffuse large B cell malignant lymphoma. She had anoperation for right breast mucosa-associated lymphoma tissue (MALT) lymphomatwo-years earlier. The participant experienced surgical excision of the right breastmass and radiotherapy subsequently. Surprisingly, after two years she developed amass on the left breast, for which we were not able to establish an evidentrelationship between the earlier MALT lymphoma and the second diffused B celllymphoma.Conclusion: Although, our report emphasizes on the undeniable role of thebreast examination in prevention of catastrophic events, we are far from providingdiagnostic approaches on breast MALT lymphoma, due to minimal case sizes andlack of adequate information and evidences.

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breast diffuse large B cell malignant lymphoma ، breast cancer ، MALT lymphoma