Case Report

Nonpolypoid Intestinal Mantle Cell Lymphoma Resembling MALT Lymphoma with Successful Response to Rituximab

Authors: Antonio D’Antonio, MD, PhD, Amedeo Boscaino, MD, Maria Addesso, MD, Giuseppina Liguori, MS, Oscar Nappi, MD

Abstract

Two unusual cases of mantle cell lymphoma are reported. They involved the ileum and right colon without multiple lymphomatous polyposis and morphologically resembled an extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type.

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