Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  2003 Jul;27(1):15-20.

A Case of Mantle Cell Lymphoma Presenting as Multiple Lymphomatous Polyposis Involving Skeletal Muscles

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. dr67915@hanmail.net
  • 2Department of Pathology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

Multiple lymphomatous polyposis (MLP) is an uncommon type of primary non-Hodgkin's gastrointestinal B cell-lymphoma characterized by the presence of multiple lymphomatous polyps along the gastrointestinal tract. Unlike MALT-lymphoma, MLP has a strong tendency for histologically monomorphic character, extra-digestive localization, rare lymphoepithelial lesion and poor prognosis. The malignant cells of MLP share morphological, immunohistologic and cytogenetic similarities with cells of node-based mantle cell lymphoma. We report a case of mantle cell lymphoma presenting with MLP involving various segments of the gastrointestinal tract, skeletal muscles of the right thigh and bone marrow observed in a 71-year-old woman who complained of lower abdominal pain and a palpable right thigh mass.

Keyword

Multiple lymphomatous polyposis; Mantle cell lymphoma

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Pain
Aged
Bone Marrow
Cytogenetics
Female
Gastrointestinal Tract
Humans
Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell*
Muscle, Skeletal*
Polyps
Prognosis
Thigh
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