Primary high grade malignant lymphoma of bladder

• Published in: Urologic oncology Vol. 7; no. 5; pp. 181 - 183
• Main Authors: Coskun, Ugur, Günel, Nazan, Eroglu, Alev, Biri, Hasan, Poyraz, Aylar, Gurocak, Serhat, Musa Bali, M.D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-09-2002
• Subjects: Aged; Antigens, CD - analysis; Bladder lymphoma; Cystoscopy; Female; High grade; Humans; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - pathology; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - therapy; Primary; Prognosis; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - pathology; Bladder lymphoma; Primary; High grade
• ISSN: 1078-1439; 1873-2496
• DOI: 10.1016/S1078-1439(02)00186-2

Primary malignant lymphoma of bladder is one of the rarest extranodal site for lymphomas. Less than 100 cases have been reported so far
[1]. A history of chronic cystitis has been shown to be a preceding feature in many cases (40%) of primary bladder lymphoma
[2]. Most of the cases reported in the literature have a low-grade lymphoma including the subtypes of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
[3,4]. The diffuse large cell lymphoma is the most frequent type among the subtypes of high-grade bladder lymphomas
[5]. In this report, a case with high-grade primary malignant lymphoma of bladder is reported and the clinical, pathological aspects of diseases are reviewed.