PRIMARY  INTESTINAL LYMPHOMAS â€“ A Report of four cases

Jinu Abraham Glaxon; Prema Saldanha; Sheela Vasudevan

Volume : V, Issue : VIII, August - 2016

PRIMARY INTESTINAL LYMPHOMAS â€“ A Report of four cases

Jinu Abraham Glaxon, Prema Saldanha, Sheela Vasudevan

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Primary intestinal lymphoma is defined as an extranodal lymphoma arising in the intestine. World Health Organization (WHO) classifies intestinal B&ndash; cell lymphomas into MALT lymphoma, Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID), Mantle cell lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma and diffuse large B cell lymphoma. This study includes four primary intestinal lymphomas. All were non&ndash;Hodgkin lymphomas. One case each of MALT lymphoma of caecum (CD21 positive) and jejunum, one case of lymphomatous polyposis of the duodenum (CD5 and cyclin D1 positive), and one case of Mantle cell lymphoma of ileum (CD21 negative).</p>