Thymic and pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas in a patient with Sjögren's syndrome and literature review.
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALToma) has been reported in several organs. Among MALTomas, thymic and pulmonary MALTomas are rare. The present report describes a patient with Sjögren's syndrome who presented thymic and pulmonary MALTomas. Although the exact pathogenetic relationship between these two tumours is uncertain, it is likely that the underlying immune dysregulation related to Sjögren's syndrome contributed to the occurrence and the unusual manifestation of MALTomas in this patient.
Sunada
Koichi
K
Divisions of Respiratory Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Hasegawa
Yuichi
Y
Kodama
Takahide
T
Anami
Yoichi
Y
Satoh
Hiroaki
H
Ohtsuka
Morio
M
Sekizawa
Kiyohisa
K
D000328:Adult; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; C035356:SS-A antibodies; C035357:SS-B antibodies