Residents' Clinic58-Year-Old Woman With Dry Mouth and Swollen Parotid Glands
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DISCUSSION
MALT lymphomas were first described by Isaacson and Wright7 in 1983. Because they are found in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue and not in lymph nodes, they are classified as extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Most MALT lymphomas are of B-cell rather than T-cell lineage. They occur in the gastrointestinal tract, salivary and thyroid glands, lungs, and occasionally other organs. The gastrointestinal tract is the primary source of MALT, predominantly the stomach. In the gastrointestinal tract,
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