@article{3153251,
    title = "Simultaneous occurrence of colonic adenocarcinoma and MALT lymphoma: A
series of three cases",
    author = "Argyropoulos, Theodoros and Foukas, Periklis and Kefala, Maria and and Xylardistos, Panagiotis and Papageorgiou, Sotirios and Machairas, and Nikolaos and Boltetsou, Evmorfia and Machairas, Anastasios and and Panayiotides, Ioannis G.",
    journal = "WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL ONCOLOGY",
    year = "2012",
    volume = "4",
    number = "4",
    pages = "89-93",
    publisher = "BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC",
    doi = "10.4251/wjgo.v4.i4.89",
    keywords = "Colon; Adenocarcinoma; B cell lymphoma; of mucosa; associated lymphoid
tissue lymphoma",
    abstract = "Simultaneous development of adenocarcinoma and primary B cell lymphoma
of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the colon is
rare; only one case has so far been reported out of 13 cases with the
coexistence of colonic adenocarcinoma with involvement of the colon by
lymphoma. We hereby present three more cases, two females (aged 75 and
71 years) and a male (aged 72 years). All three underwent colectomy
based on a preoperative biopsy revealing colonic carcinoma. Histological
examination of the resection specimens disclosed a colonic
adenocarcinoma in two cases, whereas a tubulovillous adenoma with
superficial foci of intraepithelial adenocarcinoma was seen in the third
case. Moreover, in all three cases, a coexisting MALT lymphoma was
diagnosed in the colon (1 case), in both colon and adjacent lymph nodes
(1 case) or in colonic lymph nodes and omentum (1 case). In the last
case, a post-operative bone marrow biopsy revealed extensive
infiltration of the bone marrow, due to which the patient received
postoperative chemotherapy. Diagnostic and treatment issues are briefly
discussed. (C) 2012 Baishideng. All rights reserved."
}