Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas were first described by Isaacson and Wright in 1983 in a small series of patients with low-grade B-cell gastrointestinal lymphomas. Although MALT lymphomas occur most frequently in the stomach, they have also been described in various non-gastrointestinal sites, such as the salivary gland, conjunctiva, thyroid, orbit, lung, breast, kidney, skin, liver, uterus, and prostate. The risk of a diagnostic dilemma is reduced by the favorable prognosis of this low-grade lymphoma and its tendency to remain localized to the primary site for a long time. On therapeutic grounds, in contrast to nodal lymphomas, low-grade MALT lymphomas also respond favorably to local treatments, such as surgery and/or local radiation therapy. The outcome and prognosis of low-grade MALT lymphomas are more favorable than those for other extranodal lymphomas. The purpose of this review is to point out the state of the art regarding bronchus-associated lymphoid tissues lymphomas in terms of etiology, pathogenesis, clinics, and therapeutics, including our single-center experience of 23 cases.

Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas : an update of a rare extranodal maltoma / P.L. Zinzani, V. Poletti, M. Zompatori, M. Tani, L. Spaggiari, S. Tomassetti, A. Broccoli, E. Derenzini, M. Baccarani. - In: CLINICAL LYMPHOMA & MYELOMA. - ISSN 1557-9190. - 7:9(2007 Nov), pp. 566-572. [10.3816/CLM.2007.n.042]

Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas : an update of a rare extranodal maltoma

L. Spaggiari;E. Derenzini;
2007

Abstract

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas were first described by Isaacson and Wright in 1983 in a small series of patients with low-grade B-cell gastrointestinal lymphomas. Although MALT lymphomas occur most frequently in the stomach, they have also been described in various non-gastrointestinal sites, such as the salivary gland, conjunctiva, thyroid, orbit, lung, breast, kidney, skin, liver, uterus, and prostate. The risk of a diagnostic dilemma is reduced by the favorable prognosis of this low-grade lymphoma and its tendency to remain localized to the primary site for a long time. On therapeutic grounds, in contrast to nodal lymphomas, low-grade MALT lymphomas also respond favorably to local treatments, such as surgery and/or local radiation therapy. The outcome and prognosis of low-grade MALT lymphomas are more favorable than those for other extranodal lymphomas. The purpose of this review is to point out the state of the art regarding bronchus-associated lymphoid tissues lymphomas in terms of etiology, pathogenesis, clinics, and therapeutics, including our single-center experience of 23 cases.
Extranodal lymphoma; High-resolution computed tomography; Lung cancer; Malt lymphoma
Settore MED/21 - Chirurgia Toracica
nov-2007
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