Case Report

Primary Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphoma of the Urinary Bladder: A Rare Case Report

10.5152/imj.2013.57

  • Neşe Arzu Yener
  • Orhun Sinanoğlu
  • Gülbüz Sezgin
  • Ahmet Midi
  • Sinan Ekici

Received Date: 16.12.2012 Accepted Date: 07.01.2013 İstanbul Med J 2013;14(3):212-214

Primary lymphoma of the urinary bladder is rare and comprises about 2% of all extranodal lymphomas. We here aimed to report a fifty six yearold man with complaints of dysuria, pollakuria having a primary urinary bladder lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type. Its differential diagnosis with severe chronic cystitis and other lymphoma types is important and may cause diagnostic problems. Immunohistochemistry is important in these cases.

Keywords: MALT lymphoma, primary urinary bladder lymphoma, extranodal marginal zone lymphoma