Primary mantle cell lymphoma of appendix.

Gulf J Oncolog

Department of Surgery, Smt Kashibai Navale Medical College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Published: May 2015

We present a case of immunohistochemically proven primary mantle cell lymphoma of appendix that presented as a mass in right iliac fossa. The usual presentation of gastrointestinal mantle cell lymphoma is in the form of multiple lymphomatous polyposis. Mantle cell lymphoma has a unique immunohistochemistry and genetic abnormality.

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