Primary malt lymphoma of the tongue.
Primitive malignant lymphoma mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) on the tongue are rare entities. We report here a case of an old woman (80 years old) with a tumor in the dorsum of the tongue, which was histologically diagnosed as an extra-nodal marginal B cell lymphoma. An inflammatory reaction resembling myoepithelial sialoadenitis was observed in the minor salivary glands adjacent at the tumour, suggesting a possible derivation of the lymphoma from a previous reactive process of unknown origin.
Goteri
Gaia
G
Istituto di Istologia e Anatomia Patologica, Università degli Study, Ancona, Italy.
Ascani
Giuliano
G
Filosa
Alessandra
A
Rubini
Corrado
C
Olay
Sonsoles
S
Balercia
Paolo
P
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology