[Primary lymphoma of the breast. Three cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma]. / Il linfoma primitivo della mammella. A proposito di 3 casi di linfoma non-Hodgkin.

ABSTRACT

Primary and sole breast lymphoma is a very rare disease. With the review of our series of 616 cases operated on for breast cancer, only 3 cases (0.48%) of primary breast non-Hodgkin lymphoma (LNH) have been observed. The authors outline the problems concerning diagnosis and therapy of this rare disease pathological and immunohistochemical aspects are discussed. They stress the importance of staging in order to plan a correct multidisciplinary approach.