[Massive breast involvement in Burkitt's lymphoma]

Arch Fr Pediatr. 1987 Mar;44(3):199-200.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Massive bilateral breast involvement in the course of a Burkitt's lymphoma is reported as an exceptional occurrence in a 13 year-old girl, in early puberty. It was an extensive form, stage IV, with massive organ involvement but without CNS involvement. Chemotherapy (LMB 84) induced total cure (18 months disease free survival).

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Burkitt Lymphoma / drug therapy
  • Burkitt Lymphoma / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness