TY - JOUR
AR - SCR-2020-9-102
TI - Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid-Tissue Lymphoma of the Descending Colon in a Patient with Blastocystis hominis Infection: A Case Report and Review of Literature
AU - Silvia , Martín-Batista
AU - Sunil , Lakhwani
AU - Patricia , Machado-Machado
AU - María José , Rodríguez-Salazar
AU - Miguel , T. Hernández
AU - José María , Raya-Sánchez
JO - Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2020
DA - Wed 30, Sep 2020
SN - 2613-5965
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2020.09.02
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/mucosa-associated-lymphoid-tissue-lymphoma-of-the-descending-colon_SCR-2020-9-102 
KW -  MALT lymphoma, gastrointestinal cancer, Blastocystis hominis
AB - 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.