title: Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the duodenum together with multiple intra-abdominal thromboses and hepatitis C virus infection: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul (34390), Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozkok
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tufan
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Namli
authors.forename: Mesut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bulakci
authors.forename: Binnur
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pinarbasi
authors.forename: Oner
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Karan
authors.forename: Cemil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tascioglu