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Bilateral Lymphosarcoma of the Breast
Author(s) -
Case Thomas C.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1975.tb00223.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mastectomy , left breast , right breast , chemotherapy , general surgery , surgery , breast cancer , cancer
A case is presented of bilateral lymphosarcoma of the breast in a 77‐year‐old woman. The pre‐admission surgical history recorded a mastectomy in July 1972, for lymphosarcoma of the right breast. She had been well until shortly before admission in March 1974 because of a tumor in her left breast. This proved to be lymphosarcoma. Treatment consisted of a left mastectomy. At that time there were no signs of axillary or systemic involvement. Later, evidence of systemic lymphosarcomatosis necessitated starting chemotherapy.