Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid-Tissue Lymphoma of the Descending Colon in a Patient with Blastocystis hominis Infection: A Case Report and Review of Literature

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Silvia Martín-Batista Sunil Lakhwani Patricia Machado-Machado María José Rodríguez-Salazar Miguel T. Hernández José María Raya-Sánchez

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Sunil Lakhwani
Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

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Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is an extra nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma that has been associated with chronic infections. It affects especially stomach, but other organs of gastrointestinal tract can be also involved. Colon MALT lymphoma is a very rare disease. We report a case of large bowel MALT lymphoma diagnosed as a result of weight loss and positive occult fecal blood test. Blastocystis hominis infection was detected in fecal analysis. We hypothesize chronic parasitic infection could be related with the development of the lymphoma.

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Case Report and Review of the Literature

Publication history

Received: Thu 13, Aug 2020
Accepted: Wed 26, Aug 2020
Published: Wed 30, Sep 2020

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© 2023 Sunil Lakhwani. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2020.09.02