2011 Volume 25 Issue 6 Pages 615-620
A 61-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with an abnormal chest shadow on a medical checkup. At the first medical examination, a tumor was noted in her bilateral conjunctiva. Chest CT showed an ill-defined multiple tumor shadow in the right lung. On positron emission tomography, the accumulation of fluorodeoxyglucose was observed in the pulmonary tumors and right parotid gland. Bronchoscopy revealed a normal bronchial surface. Brushing cytology examination suggested a malignant lymphoma. We performed video-assisted right upper lobectomy and partial resection of the right lower lobe for a definitive diagnosis. The pathologic diagnosis was MALT lymphoma in all specimens. The parotid gland tumor was resected and diagnosed as a MALT lymphoma. The patient was doing well 2 years after the operation without recurrence. Conclusion. We report herein a rare case of multiple MALT lymphoma of the lung, conjunctiva, and parotid gland, and provide a review of the literature.
