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MALT(mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue)リンパ腫は消化管,なかでも特に胃に好発するが,頭頸部領域では唾液腺,甲状腺,眼窩内に発生することが知られている1~5)。この疾患概念は比較的新しく,低悪性度のB細胞性リンパ腫の一種と考えられ,これまで偽リンパ腫といわれ診断されてきた一部が,本疾患であったことが明らかになってきた5)。しかしその治療法については確立されたものはなく,施設により異なるのが現状である。今回われわれは,過去10年間に,耳下腺MALTリンパ腫と診断された6症例について,臨床的検討をしたので,若干の文献的考察を加えて報告する。
MALT(mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue)lymphomas are arising in the extranodal organs with chronic inflammation such as the stomach,salivery gland,thyroid gland and orbita.
Over the 10-year period,from 1999 to 2009,six patients with MALT lymphoma of the parotid gland were treated in our hospital. No patient who had fine needle aspiration biopsy was diagnosed of MALT lymphoma before operation or open biopsy. Three patients had partial parotidectomy and the other patients with mass in the parotid lesion had open biopsy to obtain the final pathological diagnosis. Two patients were treated by systemic chemotherapy of“R-CHOP”therapy,i. e. standard“CHOP therapy”with rituximab,with result in complete response. Low-grade or indolent malignant lymphoma such as MALT lymphoma is often observed for a long period. Frequent biopsies or resection of the mass for diagnosis is important.
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