<scp>MALT</scp> lymphoma of the sublingual gland: A case report with current overview of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies

Ono, Shoya; Goto, Mitsuo; Miyabe, Satoru; Makihara, Hiroyuki; Kubo, Katsutoshi; Nagao, Tohru

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6293

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“…MALT lymphomas in the salivary gland are low-grade indolent malignancies that require long‐term patient observation. Practice guidelines for B-cell lymphomas recommend a follow-up for five years [ 10 ]. However, MALT lymphomas can turn into aggressive diffuse large B-cell lymphomas and the survival rate decreases sharply [ 5 , 11 ].…”

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Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma of the Sublingual Salivary Gland: A Case Report

Aleksiejūnaitė¹,

Talijūnas²,

Zaleckas³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a type of B-cell lineage lymphoma that can affect the head and neck region. This report presents a rare case of an extra-nodal marginal zone B-cell MALT lymphoma of a sublingual gland, diagnosed in an 18-year-old male patient. The patient had a history of ranula surgical removal on the right side of the mouth. One year after surgery, the patient presented with complaints of swelling of the left parotid gland, with no significant changes found during the examination and a self-resolving outcome. Subsequently, two years later, the patient began to complain of a fast-growing cyst under the tongue. A surgical excision of the left sublingual gland and the ranula was performed, and a final diagnosis of MALT lymphoma was rendered. The patient was referred to the department of hematology for further treatment planning and follow-up.

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“…The treatment of sublingual gland lymphomas includes surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy depending on the lymphoma subtype [ 10 ]. According to Hussein, in a series of 37 patients with oral lymphomas, radiation therapy was successful in limited cases whereas high-grade lymphomas required combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy [ 1 ].…”

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confidence: 99%