12. Dif. Ad. Ax.
Leukemia/lymphoma.
Melanoma.
Lung cancer.
Sarcoma.
Ovarian carcinoma.
Lymphoma should be in the
differential diagnosis for
axillary adenopathy or
multiple masses seen on a
mammogram.
Lymphoma can be primary
(almost always non-
Hodgkin's) or secondary.
Lymphoma involving the
breast, whether primary or
secondary (especially when
large enough) usually
presents as a palpable mass
with possible skin-related
changes.
1.Bassett, Lawrence W, Valerie P. Jackson, Reza Jahan, Yao S. Fu, and Richard H. Gold. Diagnosis of Diseases of the Breast.
2.Philadelphia: WB Saunders Company, p 497, 1997.
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