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MALToma

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MALToma /MALT·oma/ (mawl-to´mah) a form of extranodal marginal zone lymphoma originating in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, particularly that of the gastrointestinal tract.


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Research has shown that maltoma responds well to surgery so, as part of my treatment, doctors removed two thirds of my right lung with the tumour.
Primary lymphoma of the salivary glands is rare and is classified as MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma, or MALToma.
[6-8] Gloeckner et al[9] recently described a large cell lymphoma with a marginal zone growth pattern presenting as multiple colonic polyps, and Schmid et al[10] described 3 cases of colorectal MALTomas (2 low grade and 1 mixed low and high grade) presenting as solitary polyps.
 
 
 
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