Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Presenting as Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report

We present a 71-year-old man with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the colon presenting with massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage. At laparotomy two areas of irregular mucosa were noted in the ascending colon and cecum. Pathology revealed MALT lymphoma. MALT lymphoma of the colon...

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Autores principales: Kanneganti, Kalyan, Balar, Bhavna
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2008
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Published: September 2008
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21490859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000154814
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author Kanneganti, Kalyan
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description We present a 71-year-old man with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the colon presenting with massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage. At laparotomy two areas of irregular mucosa were noted in the ascending colon and cecum. Pathology revealed MALT lymphoma. MALT lymphoma of the colon is rare and the presentation as well as outcome of our case makes him unique.
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spelling pubmed-30751872011-04-13 Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Presenting as Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report Kanneganti, Kalyan Balar, Bhavna Case Rep Gastroenterol Published: September 2008 We present a 71-year-old man with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the colon presenting with massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage. At laparotomy two areas of irregular mucosa were noted in the ascending colon and cecum. Pathology revealed MALT lymphoma. MALT lymphoma of the colon is rare and the presentation as well as outcome of our case makes him unique. S. Karger AG 2008-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3075187/ /pubmed/21490859 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000154814 Text en Copyright © 2008 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: September 2008
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Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Presenting as Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Presenting as Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_full Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Presenting as Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_fullStr Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Presenting as Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Presenting as Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_short Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Presenting as Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_sort mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma presenting as massive gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report
topic Published: September 2008
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21490859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000154814
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