MALT Lymphoma Originating in Breast and Uvula
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Leukemia & Lymphoma
- Vol. 41 (3-4), 461-463
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10428190109058006
Abstract
A case of marginal zone B cell lymphoma of MALT type arising in the uvula and breast is reported. The patient, a 30-year-old woman who delivered a child and lactated in 1997, was suffering from Sjögren syndrome (SS). She was diagnosed with MALT lymphoma after a biopsy of the right breast and uvula. To investigate the relationship of the delivery, lactation and MALT lymphoma, we examined the immunohistochemical analysis of hormone receptors. As a result, lymphoid cells of the breast were stained with anti-progesterone receptor antibodies in the cytoplasm. Consequently, the MALT lymphoma of the uvula appeared to be associated with SS. Moreover, hormones such as progesterone may have influenced the breast involvement of MALT lymphoma in our case.Keywords
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