Treatment for Ocular Adnexal Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (OA-MALT) Lymphoma
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Ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (OA-MALT) lymphoma is one of the B lymphoid malignancies that originates in the orbit and shows indolent progression with a predominantly localized stage. Radiotherapy appears to be recognized as the most common treatment for localized OA-MALT lymphoma. Surgical resection, eradication of Chlamydia psittaci (C. psittaci) based on the reports of the existence of C. psittaci DNA, and ‘watchful waiting’ are also selected in some cases. Systemic immunochemotherapies including anti-CD20 antibodies may be another option for advanced stages of OA-MALT lymphoma. However, due to the lower frequency of this disease and the difficulty of conducting large-scale clinical trials, no randomized, controlled trial evaluating these treatments has been reported. Therefore, the optimal treatment strategy for OA-MALT lymphoma has not been established. This review provides an update on treatments and discusses the appropriate treatment for OA-MALT lymphoma.
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treatment, ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (OA-MALT) lymphoma, watchful waiting, Chlamydophilia psittaci (C. psittaci)
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TAKEUCHI, Kazuto; YAKUSHIJIN, Yoshihiro.
Treatment for Ocular Adnexal Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (OA-MALT) Lymphoma.
Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 9, n. 11, nov. 2021.
ISSN 2375-1924.
Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/2588>. Date accessed: 22 dec. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v9i11.2588.
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33. Kiesewetter B, Troch M, Dolak W, et al. A phase II study of lenalidomide in patients with extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphoma of the mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma). Haematologica. 2013; 98(3): 353-356.
34. Ferreri AJ, Guidoboni M, Ponzoni M, et al. Evidence for an association between Chlamydia psittaci and ocular adnexal lymphomas. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2004; 96(8): 586-594.
35. Ferreri AJ, Govi S, Pasini E, et al. Chlamydophila psittaci eradication with doxycycline as first-line targeted therapy for ocular adnexae lymphoma: final results of an international phase II trial. J Clin Oncol. 2012; 30(24): 2988-2994.
36. Yakushijin Y, Kodama T, Takaoka I, et al. Absence of chlamydial infection in Japanese patients with ocular adnexal lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue. Int J Hematol. 2007; 85(3): 223-230.
37. Rosado MF, Byrne GE Jr, Ding F, et al. Ocular adnexal lymphoma: a clinicopathologic study of a large cohort of patients with no evidence for an association with Chlamydia psittaci. Blood. 2006; 107(2): 467-472.
38. Vargas RL, Fallone E, Felgar RE, et al. Is there an association between ocular adnexal lymphoma and infection with Chlamydia psittaci? The University of Rochester experience. Leuk Res. 2006; 30(5): 547-551.
39. Zhang GS, Winter JN, Variakojis D, et al. Lack of an association between Chlamydia psittaci and ocular adnexal lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2007; 48(3): 577-583.
40. Matthews JM, Moreno LI, Dennis J, et al. Ocular adnexal lymphoma: no evidence for bacterial DNA associated with lymphoma pathogenesis. Br J Haematol. 2008; 142(2): 246-249.
41. Mulder MM, Heddema ER, Pannekoek Y, et al. No evidence for an association of ocular adnexal lymphoma with Chlamydia psittaci in a cohort of patients from the Netherlands. Leuk Res. 2006; 30(10): 1305-1307.
42. DeCremoux P, Subtil A, Ferreri AJ, et al. Evidence for an association between Chlamydia psittaci and ocular adnexal lymphomas. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006; 98(5): 365-366.
43. Ruiz A, Reischl U, Swerdlow SH, et al. Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphomas of the ocular adnexa: multiparameter analysis of 34 cases including interphase molecular cytogenetics and PCR for Chlamydia psittaci. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007; 31(5): 792-802.
44. Goebel N, Serr A, Mittelviefhaus H, et al. Chlamydia psittaci, Helicobacter pylori and ocular adnexal lymphoma-is there an association? The German experience. Leuk Res. 2007; 31(10): 1450-1452.
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46. Liu YC, Ohyashiki JH, Ito Y, et al. Chlamydia psittaci in ocular adnexal lymphoma: Japanese experience. Leuk Res. 2006; 30(12): 1587-1589.