Cases of the Pulmonary Malignant Lymphoma of the Bronchus-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (BALT).
10.4046/trd.1999.47.5.681
- Author:
Sang Min LEE
1
;
Ho Il YOON
;
Seung Ho CHOI
;
Bin HWANGBO
;
Chul Gyu YOO
;
Choon Taek LEE
;
Young Whan KIM
;
Sung Koo HAN
;
Young Soo SHIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. cgyoo@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung;
B-cell;
Lymphoma;
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue(MALT);
Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue(BALT)
- MeSH:
B-Lymphocytes;
Biopsy;
Immunohistochemistry;
Lung;
Lymphocytes;
Lymphoid Tissue*;
Lymphoma*;
Lymphoma, B-Cell;
Polymerase Chain Reaction;
Prognosis;
Pseudolymphoma
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
1999;47(5):681-690
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue(MALT) lymphoma of the lung is a rare low grade B cell lymphoma arising from bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue(BALT) which had been regarded as pseudolymphoma. It has the characteristic histologic with monoclonal B cells of centrocyte-like lymphoid cells and a lymphoepithelial lesion. Clinically it shows an indolent clinical course course and much more favorable prognosis than lymphoma of other site. We report 3 cases of the pulmonary malignant lymphoma of BALT, which was confirmed by lung biopsy, immunohistochemistry and PCR assay.
