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ArticleSurgery today2008

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the thymus associated with Sjögren's syndrome: report of a case.

Naoe Kinoshita, Kazuto Ashizawa, Kuniko Abe, Naoya Yamasaki, Akihiro Nakamura, Tsutomu Tagawa, Hiroshi Soda, Takeshi Nagayasu, Tomayoshi Hayashi

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Article in Surgery today, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Naoe KinoshitaDepartment of Pathology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
Kazuto Ashizawa
Kuniko Abe
Naoya Yamasaki
Akihiro Nakamura
Tsutomu Tagawa
Hiroshi Soda
Takeshi Nagayasu
Tomayoshi Hayashi
Nagasaki University · JPNagasaki University Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 68-year-old Japanese man with Sjögren's syndrome was pointed out to have a nodular shadow in the anterior mediastinum. The tumor was resected under video-assisted thoracoscopy and it was pathologically diagnosed to be thymic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. There has been no recurrence for 17 months after surgery. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the thymus is rare, and its pathological diagnosis requires sufficient knowledge and experience. Since thymic MALT lymphoma is distinct from MALT lymphoma of other sites in several ways, including gene abnormalities and geographic distribution, an alternative oncogenic pathway and the influence of racial and/or environmental factors must be considered to be involved. However, since the number of reported thymic MALT lymphomas is limited, these issues are still unclear. The accumulation of further similar cases will help to elucidate various issues concerning thymic MALT lymphoma associated with Sjögren's syndrome.

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AgedHumansLymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal ZoneMaleMediastinal NeoplasmsSjogren's SyndromeThoracic Surgery, Video-AssistedThymus Neoplasms

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PMID18560967
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