The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
2014 , Vol 56 , Num 3
A Rare Type of Cancer in Children: Extranodal Marginal Zone B-Cell (MALT) Lymphoma of the Ocular Adnexa
Departments of Pediatric Oncology, 1Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, and 2Bülent Ecevit University Faculty
of Medicine, Zonguldak, and 3Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity, Children’s
Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, 4Department of Pathology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine,
and 5Department of Radiation Oncology, Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey. E-mail: sincesoy@yahoo.co.uk
Primary ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas
(OAMLs) are mostly seen in the 5th-7th decades of life, with female
predominance, and they occur rarely in children. Thus, knowledge about
this cancer type is obtained from adult data in the literature, while the data
regarding OAMLs in the pediatric population are limited to a few case reports.
Herein, we report a 10-year-old boy with OAML who was treated successfully
with radiotherapy, and we discuss this uncommon lymphoma in children.
Keywords :
child, lymphoma, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, ocular adnexal
lymphoma, orbital neoplasm.