Primary malignant lymphoma of the bladder. A case report and review of the literature

Abstract

Primary malignant lymphoma of the bladder is unusual. We report a case of primary malignant lymphoma arising in the urinary bladder. A 54-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with the chief complaint of dysuria, on May 26, 1995. Examination of IVP, ultrasonography, cystoscopy suggested a non-papillary bladder tumour. Diagnosis was established by histological examination.

Primary malignant lymphoma of the urinary bladder: report of three cases and review of the literature

“…Primary lymphoma of the urinary bladder is extremely rare: less than 100 cases have been reported previously [1,2]. Primary lymphoma of the urinary bladder represents less than 1 % of the urinary bladder neoplasms and between 0.15 and 0.2 % of all extranodal lymphoma cases [8].…”

“…Primary lymphomas of the urinary bladder are extremely rare: approximately 100 cases have already been reported [1,2]. The radiological findings of this rare occurrence have not been extensively described in the literature.…”

Primary Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of Urinary Bladder

“…At cystoscopy in the initial stages the tumour may be covered by mucosa but later on it becomes ulcerated [3]. The diagnosis is based on histopathology and immunostaining of tumour tissue.…”

“…Approximately 100 cases have been reported in the literature [1][2][3]. Eve [4] and Chaffey [5] described it in 1885 for the first time.…”

MALT-Type Primary Lymphoma of the Urinary Bladder: Clinicopathological Study of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature

“…Primary lymphoma of the bladder is a rare non-epithelial bladder tumour. It is responsible for !1% of primary neoplasms of the bladder [4,5]. In our institution only 2 cases have been seen over the last 5 years among about 225 cases of all first-diagnosed bladder tumours presented.…”