title: A rare type of cancer in children: extranodal marginal zone B-cell (MALT) lymphoma of the ocular adnexa.
abstract: Primary ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas (OAMLs) are mostly seen in the 5th-7th decades of life, with female predominance, and they occur rarely in children. Thus, knowledge about this cancer type is obtained from adult data in the literature, while the data regarding OAMLs in the pediatric population are limited to a few case reports. Herein, we report a 10-year-old boy with OAML who was treated successfully with radiotherapy, and we discuss this uncommon lymphoma in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Oncology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey. sincesoy@yahoo.co.uk.
authors.forename: Sonay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: İncesoy-Özdemir
authors.forename: Nazmiye
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yüksek
authors.forename: Ceyhun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: Gürses
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Şahin
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Memiş
authors.forename: Ayşen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dizman
authors.forename: Ulya
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ertem
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed