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CASE REPORT
Year : 2017  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 10  |  Page : 57-60

Primary B-cell jejunal maltoma in a young adult male: A case report and review of literature


1 Department of Histopathology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria
2 Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria

Correspondence Address:
Ifeoma Florence Ezejiofor
Department of Histopathology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State
Nigeria
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/nnjcr.nnjcr_42_16

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Primary jejunal lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type is a relatively uncommon extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of nongastric low-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin's neoplasm that arises in the cells of mucosal tissue of the small intestine. The aim of this article is to present Stage IIE (T4N0MX) primary jejunal maltoma with multiple exophytic lymphomatous polyposis in a young adult male of 27 years with metastasis to the left adrenal gland. This article also highlights the association of this disease with low socioeconomic status and the use of immunohistochemical stains to aid in diagnosis.


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