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Primary MALT-type lymphoma of the thymus: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of six cases.
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- Diagnostic approach to prevascular (anterior) mediastinal lymphomas: when thoracic pathology meets hematopathology.Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2023Review
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of thymic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Article
- Extranodal Marginal Zone B Cell (MALT) Lymphoma of the Esophagus.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2019Article
- Utility of minimally invasive thoracoscopy for assessment of residual mediastinal lymphoma.Surgery · 2018Article
- Comparison of pediatric and adult lymphomas involving the mediastinum characterized by distinctive clinicopathological and radiological features.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Primary esophageal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma: A case report and review of literature.Medicine · 2017Review
- Mediastinal seminoma with florid follicular lymphoid hyperplasia: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of six cases.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundSix cases of primary extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the thymus (MALT [mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue]) are described.
methodsThe patients were all women between 48 and 59 years. Clinically, all patients, except for one, were Caucasians. Two patients had a history of autoimmune disease, while one was being investigated for such a possibility. The remaining three patients did not have a history of autoimmune disorders.
resultsIn those patients who had symptoms related to their anterior mediastinal masses, nonspecific symptoms, including shortness of breath and chest pain, predominated. Histologically, the tumors had the classical morphologic features of cystic and solid areas with an atypical monocytoid cellular proliferation. Immunohistochemical stains performed in all cases showed kappa monotypic expression and B-cell phenotype.
conclusionsThe current cases highlight that MALT lymphomas of the thymus can occur in a setting not related to autoimmune disease or in those not of Oriental ethnic background and that mediastinal cystic lesions require proper sampling in order to adequately evaluate the possibility of MALT lymphoma.
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