A Case of Rectal Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphoma Presenting as Telangiectasia: A Case Report 1650
Document Type
Abstract
Publication Date
10-1-2019
Publication Title
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume
114
First page number:
S921
Last page number:
S922
Abstract
The World Health Organization classification of lymphoid neoplasms consists of several marginal zone lymphoma subtypes, the most common of which is extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma). Extranodal marginal zone lymphomas can stem from a number of epithelial tissues, including the lungs, thyroid, skin, and GI tract. Of all tissues with possible extranodal lymphoma involvement, the GI tract is the most common. However of these GI sites, colorectal lymphoma is rare, accounting for approximately 3 percent of the GI lymphomas and only 0.3 percent of all large intestinal malignancies. Symptoms including abdominal pain, occult bleeding, bowel obstruction and diarrhea are possible findings in patients with colorectal lymphoma. Findings on colonoscopy can include mucosal nodularity, ulceration and or even a mass.
Disciplines
Gastroenterology | Oncology
Language
English
Repository Citation
Shafi, A.,
Aziz, H.,
Maklad, M.,
Ohning, G.
(2019).
A Case of Rectal Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphoma Presenting as Telangiectasia: A Case Report 1650.
The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 114
S921-S922.
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/01.ajg.0000596128.21844.d6