Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Transformed from a Rectal Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma.
10.12771/emj.2016.39.2.51
- Author:
Sae Han KANG
1
;
Jang Won PARK
;
Byung Wook JUNG
;
Jun Gyu SONG
;
Hyun Sik OH
;
Kwonoh PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hanil Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
MALT lymphoma;
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma;
Rectum
- MeSH:
Aged;
B-Lymphocytes*;
Drug Therapy;
Duodenum;
Humans;
Lymphatic Diseases;
Lymphoid Tissue;
Lymphoma;
Lymphoma, B-Cell*;
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone*;
Male;
Rare Diseases;
Rectum;
Stomach;
Ulcer
- From:The Ewha Medical Journal
2016;39(2):51-55
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Primary rectal lymphoma is a rare disease among the gastrointestinal (GI) lymphoma. In particular, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) transformed from mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is often the primary type of GI lymphoma, mostly in stomach or duodenum, but has never been reported in rectum. Here we report an unusual case in which a 75-year-old male patient diagnosed with DLBCL transformed from MALT lymphoma in the rectum. The patient was diagnosed as rectal DLBCL transformed from MALT lymphoma as Lugano stage II2 and was treated with chemotherapy (R-CHOP) with CD-20 monoclonal antibody (rituxaimb). Complete remission of multiple lymphadenopathy and mass forming ulcer of the rectum was achieved after 6 cycles of R-CHOP. He has been free from disease for 12 months.
