Primary Extranodal Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas of the Salivary Glands- Analysis of Five Case

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Authors: J. Lukáš; J. Astl; J. Soukup ^*
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika otorinolaryngologie a chirurgie hlavy a krku, 1. LF UK a FN Motol, Prha, katedra IPVZ, Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. J. Betka, DrSc., Ústav patologické anatomie, 2. LF UK a FN Motol, Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. R. Kodet, CSc. ^*
Published in: Otorinolaryngol Foniatr, , 2001, No. 4, pp. 216-219.
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S u m m a r y:
The authors analyzed data of five patients with primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma ofthe salivary gland who were diagnosed and operated during the last two years in their department.It is a lymphoma based on lymphoid tissue present in the area of epithelium of the ducts - mucosaassociated lymphoid tissue (MALT). They were interested in the case-history, possibilities ofcytodiagnosis, surgical treatment, subsequent oncological treatment, follow-up. Cytologically in twocases the findings were described as lymphoepithelial lesions, in one instance as a lymphoma.Surgery involved in two cases parotidectomy, twice extirpation of the tumour, once probatoryexcision. After surgery three patients had chemotherapy, two actinotherapy. The mean follow-upperiod is 20.4 months, the patients are free from signs of the original disease.

Key words:
MALT lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, salivary glands.

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