Primary B-cell lymphoma of the tongue in a patient with systemic sclerosis.
We report a patient with systemic sclerosis who had the unusual development of a large-cell B-cell lymphoma of the base of his tongue. Patients with systemic sclerosis display an increased incidence of malignant neoplasms, particularly, breast and lung carcinomas [Arthritis. Rheum. 36 (1993) 460; Ann. Rheum. Dis. 52 (1993) 531]. The description of this case adds further evidence to the possible interrelationship of systemic sclerosis and the development of malignant neoplasms. A careful review of the English medical literature disclosed that B-cell lymphoma of the tongue in a patient with systemic sclerosis is an association which has not been described previously.
Derk
Chris T
CT
Division of Rheumatology, Thomas Jefferson University, 613 Curtis Bldg, 1015 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. chris.derk@mail.tju.edu
Conway
Raymond T
RT
Jimenez
Sergio A
SA
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology