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Mini Review Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/gastro.1.004

Gastric marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of MALT type – An updated histo- and molecular pathological summary

  • 1Institute of Pathology, University Hospital, Ulm (DE), Germany
  • 2Institute of Pathology, Alb Fils Kliniken GmbH, Göppingen (DE), Germany
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Corresponding Author

Peter Möller, peter.moeller@uniklinik-ulm.de

Received Date: May 26, 2022

Accepted Date: June 06, 2022

Abstract

Gastric marginal zone lymphoma (gMZBL) is the most frequent type of extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). The histology of gMZBL shows typical small cell morphology, however, there also exists a large cell variant. Additionally, composite lymphomas (ComL) harboring both, the small-cell and large-cell morphology can occur; therefore, ComL is an example of lymphoma progression. However, the WHO currently defines the large cell variant of gMZBL as a “diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in the presence of accompanying MALT lymphoma”. In this mini review we summarize morphological and immunohistochemical aspects including molecular cytogenetic data as well as RNA expression and methylation data of gMZBL and provide evidence that the large cell variant of gMZBL is a lymphoma distinct from conventional DLBCL.

Keywords

Gastric marginal zone lymphoma, Lymphoma progression, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

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