Diffuse large B – Cell Lymphoma Involving the Maxilla in a Minor
Published: December 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.5350
Garish Kumar, Nupur Hingad, Navneet Singh, Gagandeep Kaur Sidhu
1. Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Maharaja Ganga Singh Dental College and Research Center Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India.
2. Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sri Sukhmani Dental College and Hospital,Dera Bassi, Punjab, India.
3. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Maharaja Ganga Singh Dental College and Research Center Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India.
4. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Maharaja Ganga Singh Dental College and Research Center Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Garish Kumar,
Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology,
Maharaja Ganga Singh Dental College and Research Center, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India.
Phone : 09988634315, E-mail : drgarish@gmail.com
Lymphomas can be simply defined as malignant neoplasms of lymphocytes and their precursor cells. We report a case of a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the maxilla, in an 11-year-old male patient who reported with a diffuse swelling of the maxillary labial mucosa accompanied with oral candidiasis. A subsequent biopsy and immunohistochemistry were instrumental in this diagnosis. What makes this case significant is that the incidence of primary DLBCL in the oral cavity of a minor which is not very common and has rarely been specified earlier in the literature.
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