Reverse Transcription-PCR for t(11;18)(q21;q21) Staging and Monitoring in Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma

Reverse transcription-PCR for t(11;18)(q21;q21) staging and monitoring in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.

PURPOSE Subclinical dissemination as well as persistence after therapy may be difficult to assess on clinical and histologic examinations in patients with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. We have analyzed the use of reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) for the detection of t(11;18)(q21;q21) in histologically infiltrated and normal biopsies at diagnosis and during follow-up to de...

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma.

OBJECTIVES To review the pathogenesis of MALT lymphoma, and the associations with antigenic stimulation, presentation, and unique treatment. DATA SOURCES Research and review articles and textbooks. CONCLUSION MALT lymphoma is a heterogeneous but unique pathologic form of extranodal B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The gastrointestinal tract is the most common site of disease, but involvement ...

Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphoma

Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) is an extranodal lymphoma composed of morphologically heterogeneous small B-cells including marginal zone (centrocyte-like) cells, cells resembling monocytoid cells, small lymphocytes, and scattered immunoblasts and centroblast-like cells. There is plasma cell differentiation in a proportion of the cases. The...

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma

Primary spinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma

RATIONALE Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is an indolent B-cell lymphoma which occurs mainly in the organs having mucosal layer and owns a fairly good prognosis. To date, 7 cases of spinal primary MALT has been reported before. However, there is no consensus on the optimal adjuvant treatment modalities for primary spinal MALT. The aim of this study was to add a new case of MAL...