Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the duodenum together with multiple intra-abdominal thromboses and hepatitis C virus infection: a case report.
Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue MALT lymphoma is a low grade malignancy that arises most commonly from the gastric mucosa. Small intestinal involvement is very rare. The causative relationship between Helicobacter pylori and the gastric MALT lymphoma is a well known issue, but recently there are several data suggesting the role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the pathogenesis of lymphoma including MALT lymphoma. Herein we present a rare case of duodenal MALT lymphoma with multiple intra-abdominal thromboses together with HCV infection that was confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction detecting HCV-RNA within the peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
Ozkok
Abdullah
A
Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul (34390), Turkey.
Tufan
Fatih
F
Namli
Sule
S
Bulakci
Mesut
M
Pinarbasi
Binnur
B
Dogan
Oner
O
Karan
Mehmet Akif
MA
Tascioglu
Cemil
C