Regression of a Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma of the Urinary Bladder After Helicobacter pylori Eradication Therapy in an Elderly Patient.
10.4235/jkgs.2015.19.4.244
- Author:
Jun Hyung PARK
1
;
Nae Yu KIM
;
Jung Ae LEE
;
Chang Bum RIM
;
Young Woong SONG
;
Younghun KIM
;
Sori KIM
;
Jong Woo KIM
;
Sang Ho SHIN
;
Soojung GONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. naeyu46@eulji.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
MALT lymphoma;
Urinary bladder;
Helicobacter pylori;
Chronic cystitis
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Aged*;
Cystitis;
Drug Therapy;
Female;
Helicobacter pylori*;
Helicobacter*;
Humans;
Lymphoid Tissue;
Lymphoma;
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone*;
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin;
Mortality;
Urinary Bladder*
- From:Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society
2015;19(4):244-247
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Primary low-grade lymphoma of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type lymphoma of the bladder is rare. A relationship between MALT lymphoma of the urinary bladder and chronic cystitis has been proposed by some reports. Additionally a relationship between MALT lymphoma of the urinary bladder and Helicobacter pylori has been reported. Here we present a case of regression of urinary bladder MALT lymphoma after antibiotic therapy, using H. pylori eradication protocol in an elderly patient, who had a high risk of treatment related mortality in curative systemic chemotherapy. The patient is a 74-year-old woman who had a history of chronic cystitis. She was diagnosed with stage IIA primary MALT lymphoma of the urinary bladder and was treated with H. pylori eradication triple therapy for 2 weeks. After 2 months, there was a marked regression of the bladder MALT lymphoma lesion in a computed tomography scan of the abdomen.
