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MALT lymphoma at the base of the tongue developing without any background of immunodeficiency or autoimmune disease.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 May 2003
Sakabe Hideaki, Bamba Masamichi, Nomura Kenichi, Kitamura Shizuka, Segawa Hidekazu, Yasui Hirofumi, Inoue Tetsuya, Taniwaki Masafumi, Fujiyama Yoshihide, Bamba Tadao
Abstract excerpt
We report a very rare case of a mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the base of the tongue. A 61-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for further examination of a 12 mm x 15 mm x 5 mm tongue tumor. Histological examination of the tumor revealed a marked lymphoepithelial lesion. Lymphoma cells expressed CD5(-), CD10(-), CD19(+), CD20(+) on the surface of the cells by fluorescence activated...
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