Answer of March 1999

Clinical History:

F/65 Right breast lump for four months.

Figure 1 MLO view of both breasts.
Figure 2 CC view of both breasts.

What is your diagnosis?

                               Figure 1                                                                        Figure 2

Diagnosis:

B CELL LYMPHOMA OF THE BREAST

Discussion:

Figure 1 MLO view shows a large soft tissue mass(10 cm) in the right breast.The mass has a lobulated outline and partly indistinct border. Two enlarged lymph nodes with loss of hilar fat are seen in right axilla.

Figure 2 CC view demonstrates the mass to have indistinct posterior border. Biopsy of the mass reviewed B cell lymphoma.