Abstract: A 61-year-old man with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis developed extranodal large B-cell lymphoma of the stomach following monthly natalizumab infusions for 6 years.
Development of lymphoproliferative disorders increases with chronic use of immunosuppression. Cases of primary central nervous system lymphoma as well as one case of peripheral T-cell lymphoma have previously been reported with natalizumab use.
Given the absence of a known association between multiple sclerosis and extranodal presentations of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a causal association with natalizumab administration cannot be excluded.
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Keywords: natalizumab, multiple sclerosis, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the stomach.
Citation: Law et al. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma of the Stomach in a Patient Treated with Natalizumab. Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology 2015:9 61–63 doi: 10.4137/CMO.S27142.
Received: April 02, 2015. ReSubmitted: June 07, 2015. Accepted for publication: June 09, 2015.
Academic editor: William C. S. Cho, Editor in Chief
Type: Case Report
Funding: Authors disclose no funding sources.
Competing Interests: Authors disclose no potential conflicts of interest.
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