12 November 2021: Articles
Concurrent Breast Carcinoma and Follicular Lymphoma: A Case Series
Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Tabinda Saleem E , Kaihong Mi E , Rajan Pathak F , Kolsoum Yari E , Kit Lu A*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.931772
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e931772
Table 2. Previously reported cases.
| Year | Author | Patient description | Primary breast carcinoma | Primary management | Second primary malignancy | Follow up management |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Laudenschlager al []5 | 52-year-old female | Invasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast | Mastectomy with sentinel LN biopsy | Low-grade follicular lymphoma 1/22 LN | Adjuvant chemo for breast CA with surveillance for FL |
| 1998 | Niedermayr et al []6 | 87-year-old female | Invasive lobular carcinoma of right breast | Lumpectomy f/b tamoxifen therapy | Stage IV diffuse large B cell lymphoma | Lumpectomy f/b CHOP combination chemo with complete remission |
| 2008 | Al Hussaini et al []7 | 50-year-old female | Invasive mucinous carcinoma of left breast | Mastectomy with sentinel LN dissection | Stage II SLL/CLL in dissected LN | Chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide and prednisolone for CLL resulting in complete remission |
| 2005 | Barranger et al []8 | 61-year-old female | Invasive ductal carcinoma of left breast | Lumpectomy with axillary LN dissection | B cell follicular lymphoma in situ in non-sentinel LN | Essentially treated for breast CA |
| 2004 | Benoit et al []9 | 53-year-old female | Adenocarcinoma of right breast | Sentinel LN biopsy | Co-occurrence of metastatic breast CA and Waldenstrom-type low grade lymphoma in non-sentinel LN | |
| 2002 | Frei et al []10 | 63-year-old female | Invasive ductal carcinoma of left breast and DLBCL of right breast | Bilateral lumpectomies | Radiotherapy and tamoxifen therapy for left breast and CHOP therapy for right breast | |
| 2014 | Nishikawa et al []11 | 82-year-old female | Invasive lobular carcinoma of the left axillary accessory mammary gland | Mastectomy f/b tamoxifen therapy | Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of left breast. | No chemo, 3-month surveillance, no metastasis of lymphoma but develop adenocarcinoma of rectum underwent Hartman’s procedure |
| 2019 | Alakeel et al []12 | 65-year-old female | Ductal carcinoma in Situ of left breast | Stereotactic biopsy | Intravascular large B cell lymphoma in adjacent breast tissue | Patient lost to follow up |
| DLBCL – diffuse large B cell lymphoma; SLL – small lymphocytic leukemia; CLL – chronic lymphocytic leukemia; LN – lymph node; FL – follicular lymphoma; CA – carcinoma; CHOP – cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin, oncovin (vincristine), and prednisone. | ||||||