Table 1

 Summary of patients with breast lymphoma

PatientAge1°/2°SideSize (cm)BiopsyWHO typeTreatmentSurvival (months)Remission status/cause of death
*CNS involvement at relapse; †male patient; ‡insufficient material for immunohaematology/genetics.
1°, primary; 2°, secondary; APBSCT, autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant; BCL NOS, B cell lymphoma not otherwise specified; C, core; CHOP, cyclophosphamide/adriamycin/vincristine/prednisolone; Cl, chlorambucil; CNS, central nervous system; CR, complete remission; CVP, cyclophosphamide/vincristine/prednisolone; DLBCL, diffuse large B cell lymphoma; E, excision; FC, fludarabine/cyclophosphamide; FCL, follicular cell lymphoma; It Mtx, intrathecal methotrexate; MCL, mantle cell lymphoma; MRD, minimal residual disease; MZL, marginal zone lymphoma; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; P, prednisolone; SLL, small lymphocytic lymphoma; WHO, World Health Organisation; XRT, radiotherapy.
175Right2.5EDLBCLE13UD
283Right8EDLBCL*E5NHL
361Right5EDLBCLE+CHOP83NHL
488Left3EBCL NOSE+P30UD
567†Right6CDLBCL*CHOP, It Mtx,CNS XRT18NHL
666Left4EDLBCLCHOP, XRT34+CR
762Right3.5EDLBCLE+CHOP, R+CHOP, APBSCT36+CR
871Right2 1.5EFCLE+FC12+CR
973Right1.8EMZLNDNDND
10‡59Right1.5EFCL (III)E, Cl, CHOP APBSCT30NHL
1153Right4CMCL (IV)CHOP, APBSCT51+MRD
1275Left5CDLBCL (IV)R+P12NHL
1386Right1ESLLNone13NHL
1478Left6CBCL NOS (IV)CVP4NHL