Primary Malignant Lymphoma of the Breast

Abstract

Primary malignant lymphomas of the female breast are rare and up to date such tumors have not been described in the male. Majority of the malignant tumors of the breast are the well known infiltrating duct carcinoma. This is a report of a mammary non-Hodgkins malignant lymphoma in a 35 year old Nigerian female. This tumor had u rapid progression terminating in death seven months after histological diagnosis. The clinical presentation. treatment, prognosis and the differential diagnosi with medullary and poorly differentiated carcinomas of the ,breast are discussed.