PRIMARY LYMPHOMA OF THE BREAST - A CASE-REPORT

The clinical features of a patient with a primary lymphoma of the brea st are herein reported The diagnosis was reached by histological exami nation after outpatient surgery. Surgical resection was followed by cy tostatic treatment and locoregional radiotherapy. This case report is an example where the integration of physical and mammographic examinat ion together with ultrasonography (and cytology), in the context of di agnostic procedures, induced us to perform a surgical excision on an o utpatient basis. This line of action allowed us, in one step, to arriv e at both the definitive diagnosis and the appropriate choice of thera py. Thus we believe that this diagnostic procedure should be carried o ut whenever a breast lesion, thought to be ''probably benign'', is fou nd by physical or mammogr aphic exam in a peri-postmenopausal woman.