| Literature DB >> 33796834 |
Virginia Foreste1, Luigi Della Corte1, Cristina Stradella1, Bianca Cusati2, Guido Coco3, Luigi Stradella4.
Abstract
Gigantomastia is a rare complication of pregnancy usually associated with benign conditions and rarely with malignancies. This paper reports a non-Hodgkin lymphoma case associated with gigantomastia during pregnancy. The patient was a 30-year-old gravida one woman, with a history of rapidly enlarging right breast at 2 weeks prior to presentation. After the first diagnosis of benign gigantomastia, the continuous growth of the breast, despite the delivery and bromocriptine therapy, required further investigation of the case. The histological analysis revealed the presence of Burkitt lymphoma. Malignant causes of unilateral gigantomastia in pregnancy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of this condition. ©Copyright 2021 by Turkish Federation of Breast Diseases Associations.Entities:
Keywords: Breast tumor; Burkitt lymphoma; gigantomastia
Year: 2020 PMID: 33796834 PMCID: PMC8006784 DOI: 10.5152/ejbh.2020.5342
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Breast Health