Nonpolypoid intestinal mantle cell lymphoma resembling MALT lymphoma with successful response to rituximab.
Two unusual cases of mantle cell lymphoma are reported. They involved the ileum and right colon without multiple lymphomatous polyposis and morphologically resembled an extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type.
D'Antonio
Antonio
A
Department of Pathology, Hospital Cardarelli, Naples, Italy. ada66@inwind.it
Boscaino
Amedeo
A
Addesso
Maria
M
Liguori
Giuseppina
G
Nappi
Oscar
O
D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020522:Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069283:Rituximab; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D000069283:Rituximab; D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone