Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma-mimicking Primary Gastrointestinal Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

Korean J Gastroenterol. 2020 Apr 25;75(4):212-215. doi: 10.4166/kjg.2020.75.4.212.

Abstract

Malignant lymphoma in the gastrointestinal tract is mainly secondary. Primary gastric malignant lymphoma constitutes 1-4% of gastric malignant tumors without specific endoscopic findings, and histopathologically, it is mainly classified as non-Hodgkin lymphoma of B-cell origin. Otherwise, a rare type of gastrointestinal lymphoma is small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). SLL is the same as a chronic lymphocytic lymphoma and tends to grow slowly. Here, we report a case of a patient diagnosed with primary gastrointestinal SLL upon endoscopy screening with non-specific mucosal findings.

Keywords: Primary gastrointestinal lymphoma; Small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen / diagnostic imaging
  • Antigens, CD20 / metabolism
  • Colon / metabolism
  • Colon / physiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endoscopy, Digestive System
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / pathology
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / diagnosis
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stomach / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Antigens, CD20

Supplementary concepts

  • Familial primary gastric lymphoma