Primary breast lymphoma with sudden death

Luisa Florez; Carolina Gutierrez; Kathy Haden-Pinneri; Mario Cervantes; Maximilian Buja; Mary L. Anzalone; Luis Sanchez

doi:10.1097/PAF.0b013e318219c8a2

Primary breast lymphoma with sudden death

Luisa Florez, Carolina Gutierrez, Kathy Haden-Pinneri, Mario Cervantes, Maximilian Buja, Mary L. Anzalone, Luis Sanchez

Houston Methodist

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Abstract

Primary breast lymphoma is a rare form of extranodal lymphoma. B cells constitute the most common type involving the breast. T cells represents only 3%. Even though lymphomas have a high predilection to metastasize to the heart, there are no specific clinical or radiological findings, and most of the cases are diagnosed at autopsy. We discuss the case of a 49-year-old woman with primary breast lymphoma who presented with sudden death. Autopsy revealed a primary T-cell lymphoma of the breast with tumoral infiltration of the atrioventricular node and transmural myocardial permeation with focal necrosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	176-179
Number of pages	4
Journal	American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0b013e318219c8a2
State	Published - Jun 1 2011

Keywords

arrhythmia
heart
primary breast lymphoma
sudden death

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine
General Medicine

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