Primary B-cell lymphoma of the tongue in a patient with systemic sclerosis

Oral Oncol. 2004 Jan;40(1):103-6. doi: 10.1016/s1368-8375(03)00137-4.

Abstract

We report a patient with systemic sclerosis who had the unusual development of a large-cell B-cell lymphoma of the base of his tongue. Patients with systemic sclerosis display an increased incidence of malignant neoplasms, particularly, breast and lung carcinomas [Arthritis. Rheum. 36 (1993) 460; Ann. Rheum. Dis. 52 (1993) 531]. The description of this case adds further evidence to the possible interrelationship of systemic sclerosis and the development of malignant neoplasms. A careful review of the English medical literature disclosed that B-cell lymphoma of the tongue in a patient with systemic sclerosis is an association which has not been described previously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / complications*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / pathology
  • Male
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / complications*
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / pathology
  • Tongue Neoplasms / complications*
  • Tongue Neoplasms / pathology