The Open Surgical Oncology Journal

2009, 1 : 11-12
Published online 2009 October 01. DOI: 10.2174/1876504100901010012
Publisher ID: TOSOJ-1-12

Low-Grade Extranodal Marginal Zone B Cell Lymphoma of Malt in the Kidney

Yoon Kyung Jeon and Ja Hyeon Ku
Department of Urology, Seoul National University Hospital, 28, Yongon Dong, Jongno Ku, Seoul 110- 744, Korea

ABSTRACT

Primary renal lymphomas are very rare since renal involvement by the disease is most often a manifestation of disseminated disease. We report an 88-year-old man with low-grade extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) (MALT lymphoma) arising in the kidney. After the workup, the patient was thought to have renal cell carcinoma and underwent partial nephrectomy. The pathologic evaluation showed a MALT lymphoma. No additional treatment was given, and the patient was disease free during the follow-up.

Keywords:

Low-grade MALT lymphoma, kidney.