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Thymic and pulmonary mucosa‐associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas in a patient with Sjögren’s syndrome and literature review
Author(s) -
SUNADA Koichi,
HASEGAWA Yuichi,
KODAMA Takahide,
ANAMI Yoichi,
SATOH Hiroaki,
OHTSUKA Morio,
SEKIZAWA Kiyohisa
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00971.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphatic system , pathology , lymphoma , mucosa associated lymphoid tissue , immune dysregulation , immune system , sjögren syndrome , malt lymphoma , immunology , immunopathology , systemic disease
Mucosa‐associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALToma) has been reported in several organs. Among MALTomas, thymic and pulmonary MALTomas are rare. The present report describes a patient with Sjögren’s syndrome who presented thymic and pulmonary MALTomas. Although the exact pathogenetic relationship between these two tumours is uncertain, it is likely that the underlying immune dysregulation related to Sjögren’s syndrome contributed to the occurrence and the unusual manifestation of MALTomas in this patient.