title: Primary malignant lymphoma of the salivary glands.
abstract: Five cases of primary malignant lymphomas of the salivary glands are reported. Four lymphomas arose in the parotid gland and one in the submandibular gland. All were non-Hodgkin lymphomas. In 4 cases the lymphomas were of low-grade malignancy, viz. 2 immunocytomas and 2 centroblastic/centrocytic malignant lymphomas, and 1 was a T-immunoblastic malignant lymphoma of high-grade malignancy. Four patients with localized disease were treated with radiotherapy and 1 patient with disseminated disease was treated with chemotherapy. One patient died from a disease unrelated to the malignant lymphoma, and 4 patients were alive at 66-136 months after treatment.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D013365:Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology