| Literature DB >> 32741729 |
Samuel Rocha França1, Jefferson Douglas Lima Fernandes1, Rodrigo Lemos Alves2, Filipe Nobre Chaves1, Denise Hélen Imaculada Pereira de Oliveira1, Marcelo Bonifácio da Silva Sampieri1.
Abstract
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT) is a neoplasm of B cells from the extranodal marginal zone and a non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtype. We report a case of MALT lymphoma in the hard palate in a 74-year-old woman with the previous diagnosis of lymphoid hyperplasia. The intetion about this letter is to show the appropriate clinical conduct and the diagnostic challenge about this pathlogy in oral cavity, stressing the importance to incisional biopsy and immunohistochemical analysis to guide the right diagnostic of this rare lesion.Entities:
Keywords: B-Cell; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphoma; MALT lymphoma; Marginal zone; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; Oral diagnosis
Mesh：
Year: 2020 PMID： 32741729 DOI： 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104934
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Oral Oncol ISSN： 1368-8375 Impact factor: 5.337