Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast: case report and review of the literature

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the breast is a rare neoplasm accounting for 0.1% of all breast carcinomas, and presenting most commonly as a painful breast mass. In contrast to the aggressive nature of ACC at other sites, ACC of the breast has a favorable prognosis, lymph node involvement or distant metastases seldom occur. Treatment is basically of simple mastectomy. Chemotherapy, radiation and hormonal treatment have been infrequently used and evaluated. We report a case of ACC of the breast managed with mastectomy and review the literature

Cancer Associated Retinopathy in Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR) is an uncommon paraneoplastic retinopathy usually associated with small cell lung carcinoma. To our knowledge, there is no previous report in the English literature of CAR syndrome occurring in lymphoma patients. We describe a rare case of CAR syndrome in a 62-year-old male with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) treated with four doses of intravenous immunoglobulin