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Takahiro Nakajima1, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Yasuo Sekine
1Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Abstract:
Primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the large airway is extremely rare. We report a patient in whom we performed a sleeve resection of the left main bronchus without resection of lung parenchyma for MALT lymphoma. During restaging of the disease, tumor cells were detected in the bone marrow, and the patient subsequently underwent systemic chemotherapy with anti-CD20 antibody. The patient currently remains free of recurrence. Local resection of bronchial MALT lymphoma is very important to avoid airway difficulties. In addition, although MALT lymphoma of the bronchus appears to be localized, systemic spread of the disease must be considered and investigated.
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