Unusual Male Breast Involvement in Burkitt Lymphoma Detected on Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

Shubha Gadde Ravindra; John Pathak; Dikhra Khan; Sumit Garg; Aditi Khurana; Kalpa Jyoti Das; Babita Kataria

doi:10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_8_23

Unusual Male Breast Involvement in Burkitt Lymphoma Detected on Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

Indian J Nucl Med. 2023 Jul-Sep;38(3):301-302. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_8_23. Epub 2023 Oct 10.

Authors

Shubha Gadde Ravindra¹, John Pathak¹, Dikhra Khan¹, Sumit Garg¹, Aditi Khurana¹, Kalpa Jyoti Das¹, Babita Kataria²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cancer Institute, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jhajjar, Haryana, India.
² Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jhajjar, Haryana, India.

Abstract

Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a poorly differentiated, aggressive form of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The clinical presentation of this disease is varied and may be nodal, extranodal, or both. BL of the breast, either primary or secondary, with bilateral breast involvement, is extremely rare. Herein, we present a case of BL in a 27-year-old male with unusual bilateral breast involvement.

Keywords: Bilateral breast lymphoma; Burkitt lymphoma; fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography; male breast.