Open AccessPrimary mucosa‐associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the urinary bladder
Author(s) -
Hsu JuiSheng,
Lin ChienChung,
Chen YiTing,
Lee YungChin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/j.kjms.2015.04.001
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , cystoscopy , urinary bladder , lymphoma , biopsy , mucosa associated lymphoid tissue , malt lymphoma , urology , alternative medicine
Lymphoma of the urinary bladder (LUB) is rare, and < 100 cases have been reported [1]. Primary LUB is an extremely rare disease, constituting < 1% of all bladder neoplasms and comprising 0.2% of the extranodal lymphomas [2]. Mucosaassociated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is the most common subtype of lymphomas in the urinary bladder. Here, we describe a case of primary bladder MALT lymphoma. A 76-year-old female suffered from recurrent urinary tract infection for 1 year. A computed tomography scan