title: Pericardial, pleural and peritoneal involvement in a patient with primary gastric mantle cell lymphoma.
abstract: Primary gastric mantle cell lymphoma is a rare form of gastointestinal tumour. Although peritoneal carcinomatosis accompanied by malignant ascites is relatively common, mantle cell lymphoma presenting with ascites is rare. Also, effusions involving pericardial and pleural cavities are uncommon during the course of lymphomas. We report the first case in which pericardial, pleural and peritoneal effusion of a primary gastric mantle cell lymphoma.
authors: Medical Doctor, Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Turkey muzafferkeklik@yahoo.com.
authors: Muzaffer
authors: M
authors: Keklik
authors: Medical Doctor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Turkey.
authors: Afra
authors: A
authors: Yildirim
authors: Medical Doctor, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Turkey.
authors: Ertugrul
authors: E
authors: Keklik
authors: Medical Doctor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Turkey.
authors: Sirac
authors: S
authors: Ertan
authors: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Turkey.
authors: Kemal
authors: K
authors: Deniz
authors: Medical Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Turkey.
authors: Fahir
authors: F
authors: Ozturk
authors: Medical Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Turkey.
authors: Ibrahim
authors: I
authors: Ileri
authors: Medical Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Turkey.
authors: Ilkcan
authors: I
authors: Cerci
authors: Laboratory Technician, Flow Cytometry Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Turkey.
authors: Demet
authors: D
authors: Camlica
authors: Professor, Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Turkey.
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Cetin
authors: Professor, Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Turkey.
authors: Bulent
authors: B
authors: Eser
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020522:Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000209:etiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Mantle cell lymphoma; serosal involvement