Duodenal MALT lymphoma presenting with obstructive jaundice: report of a case and review of the literature

• Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal cancer Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 28 - 31
• Main Authors: Usmani, Saad Z, Ding, Li, Abu-Rashed, Ahmad H, Saleh, Husain A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 2007
• Subjects: Diagnosis, Differential; Duodenal Neoplasms - complications; Duodenal Neoplasms - pathology; Duodenal Neoplasms - physiopathology; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Jaundice, Obstructive - etiology; Jaundice, Obstructive - pathology; Jaundice, Obstructive - physiopathology; Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone - complications; Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone - pathology; Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• ISSN: 1941-6628; 1941-6636
• DOI: 10.1007/s12029-008-9012-4

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a rare type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The most common site for MALT lymphoma is the stomach. We are reporting a case of a 57-year-old man who presented with obstructive jaundice and was found to have duodenal MALT lymphoma. Unlike gastric MALT lymphoma which is responsive to Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy, duodenal MALT lymphoma does not have a definitive treatment. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a duodenal MALT lymphoma presenting clinically as obstructive jaundice. We describe this case to alert physicians to consider this disease in the differential diagnosis of obstructive jaundice.