Gynecomastia, as an extremely rare presentation of chest wall lymphoma, a case report and review the articles

Primary tumors of the chest wall are not so prevalent, and the incidence of malignancy is reported approximately 50% in some studies. Chest wall masses are usually metastatic or invasive tumors derived from the other organs like breast and lung tumors. Male breast enlargement as gynecomastia may be due to drug effects or even a sign of underlying systemic diseases. Male breast malignancy must also be considered in the differential diagnosis. We present a young man with primary chest wall lymphoma as gynecomastia, without pre-existing problem or other disease. The mass resolved successfully and he treated properly with six cycles of R –CHOP regimen chemotherapy followed by local radiotherapy. We present his clinical manifestation, management, and his early outcome. Chest wall lymphoma as an Initial presentation of isolated chest wall mass in males is a rare clinical entity and its presentation as gynecomastia is even extremely unusual.

کلیدواژه ها:

chest wall tumor ، gynecomastia ، B – cell lymphoma ، male ، primary breast lymphoma