Objective: To analyze the clinical features, prognostic factors, diagnostic methods and treatment outcomes of primary breast lymphoma (PBL).
Methods: The clinical data of 14 patients diagnosed with PBL between 2000.1 and 2013.6 were analyzed retrospectively.
Results: The 14 patients were diagnosed with PBL, which comprised 0.24% and 0.54% of all breast malignancies and lymphoma, respectively. The median age was 43(20-77) years. All but one was female. The median course before diagnosis was 1(0.17-12) month. There were 9 patients with international prognostic index (IPI) 0 and 5 with IPI 1. The most common histological subtypes were diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with total 11 cases (78.6%), there was 1 case (7.1%) in each of extranodal margin zone lymphoma, peripheral T cell lymphoma(PTCL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), respectively. Patients treated with radical operation versus local mass removing or needle biopsy were 6(42.9%) and 8(57.1%), respectively, there were 2 relapses in each group. Patients treated with or without rituxinmab combined with chemotherapy were 6(42.9%) and 7(50.0%), respectively, there were 3 and 1 relapses in each group, respectively. Three (21.4%) patients received intrathecal injection (IT). There were 3(21.4%) cases of central nervous system (CNS) relapse, who were not received IT. After the median follow-up of 45.2 (10.7-116.1) months, two patients died of disease progression. The median overall survival did not reach and median progression free survival was 73 (11- 116) months.
Conclusion: The most common histological subtype in patients with PBL was DLBCL, the role of rituxinmab in the treatment was not sure, CNS relapse should be monitored closely.