Maeda Ai, Hayama Makio, Nakata Masao, Masaki Hisao, Tanemoto Kazuo
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Jun;56(6):288-91. doi: 10.1007/s11748-008-0237-8. Epub 2008 Jun 18.
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma arising from the thymus is extremely rare. We present a case of a 23-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who was diagnosed with thymic MALT lymphoma. In 2004, she was diagnosed with a mediastinal tumor on chest radiography during medical follow up for SLE. An anterior mediastinal tumor with multilobular cysts was identified by computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. A thymic malignancy was suspected and an extended thymectomy was performed. After histological and immunohistochemical examinations, the thymic tumor was diagnosed as a MALT lymphoma. There was no recurrence in the 2-year follow-up during which time there was no further treatment.
起源于胸腺的黏膜相关淋巴组织(MALT)淋巴瘤极为罕见。我们报告一例23岁患有系统性红斑狼疮(SLE)的女性患者,她被诊断为胸腺MALT淋巴瘤。2004年,她在SLE的医学随访期间胸部X线检查发现纵隔肿瘤。计算机断层扫描和磁共振成像显示前纵隔有一个多小叶囊肿的肿瘤。怀疑为胸腺恶性肿瘤并进行了扩大胸腺切除术。经过组织学和免疫组化检查,胸腺肿瘤被诊断为MALT淋巴瘤。在2年的随访期间没有复发,在此期间未进行进一步治疗。