MALT lymphoma historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2], Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [3]

Overview

MALT lymphoma was first described by Isaacson and Wright in 1983.^[1]

MALT lymphoma was first described by Isaacson and Wright in 1983.^[1]
Isaacson and Wright discovered that primary low-grade gastric B cell lymphomas that had more histological features in common with those of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue than with peripheral lymph nodes.
Extranodal low-grade lymphomas arising at other mucosal organs, including the salivary gland, lung, and thyroid, showed similar histological and clinical features establishing the term “MALT lymphoma”.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Troppan, Katharina; Wenzl, Kerstin; Neumeister, Peter; Deutsch, Alexander (2015). “Molecular Pathogenesis of MALT Lymphoma”. Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2015: 1–10. doi:10.1155/2015/102656. ISSN 1687-6121.