Linfoma malt primario de la lengua

  1. Goreti, Gaia
  2. Ascani, Giuliano
  3. Filosa, Alessandra
  4. Rubini, Corrado
  5. Olay, Sonsoles
Journal:
Medicina oral

ISSN: 1137-2834

Year of publication: 2004

Volume: 9

Issue: 5

Pages: 459-463

Type: Article

More publications in: Medicina oral

Abstract

Primitive malignant lymphoma mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) on the tongue are rare entities. We report here a case of an old woman (80 years old) with a tumor in the dorsum of the tongue, which was histologically diagnosed as an extra-nodal marginal B cell lymphoma. An inflammatory reaction resembling myoepithelial sialoadenitis was observed in the minor salivary glands adjacent at the tumour, suggesting a possible derivation of the lymphoma from a previous reactive process of unknown origin.