Open AccessDigestive tract MALT lymphoma, an unusual location
Author(s) -
João Araújo Correia,
M. Pimenta,
Ana Ponte,
Edgar Afecto,
María Manuela Estevinho,
Pedro Mesquita,
Teresa Freitas
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2022.8800/2022
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , malt lymphoma , gastrointestinal tract , lymphatic system , mucosa associated lymphoid tissue , disease , gastroenterology , radiology , pathology
The authors describe a case of a rectal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma in a 78-year-old female patient, manifested as rectal bleeding. Despite being commonly diagnosed in the localized form, this patient had supradiaphragmatic involvement on disease staging. Immunochemotherapy was proposed due to the disseminated involvement and poorer prognosis.