Primary extranodal mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the prostate

Low-grade B-cell mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma can rare ly present primarily in extranodal sites other than stomach, which is: the most common site fur it. Until now only Four cases of primary prostatic MAL Tomas have been described in the literature and we report the fifth. We des cribe a case of primary prostatic MALToma in a 67-year-old man and the diag nosis was made on the trans-urethral resection specimen of the prostate. As the disease was limited to prostate (stage IEA), the patient was treated w ith external beam radiation therapy to a total dose of 4400cGy in 22 fracti ons. The patient achieved completed remission and has remained free of dise ase in the following 36 months.