Low Grade MALT Lymphoma of Rectum: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.1999.41.1.121
- Author:
Joon Il CHOI
1
;
Tae Kyoung KIM
;
Joon Koo HAN
;
Ah Young KIM
;
Seoung Jin PARK
;
Byung Ihn CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rectum, CT;
Rectum, neoplasms;
Lymphoma, CT
- MeSH:
Adult;
Colon;
Diagnosis;
Enema;
Humans;
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases;
Lymphoma;
Lymphoma, B-Cell;
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone*;
Rectum*;
Ulcer
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1999;41(1):121-123
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case with low-grade MALT lymphoma of the rectum in a 32-year-old man. Primary lymphoma of thecolon is rare and comprises less than 1 % of large bowel malignancies. Recently, large part of colonic lymphomahave been shown to be MALT lymphoma, which is a distinct type of B-cell lymphoma. The radiologic findings of thiscase are mucosal nodularity with shallow ulcers in the rectum, as seen on bar-ium enema, and rectal wallthickening, as seen on CT. There was no evidence of intra-abdominal lym-phadenopathy nor hepatosplenomegaly. Suchradiologic findings are rather similar to the findings in cases of inflammatory bowel disease, rending thedifferential diagnosis difficult.
