Transformed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the stomach in a patient with Sjögren's disease and systemic sclerosis: case report and literature review

Abstract

This article describes a case of a transformed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the stomach in a patient with Sjögren's disease (SjD) and systemic sclerosis (SSc), as well as a brief review of the literature on lymphoproliferative diseases in SjD and SSc.

Keywords

• sjögren's disease
• systemic sclerosis
• anticentromere antibodies
• lymphoproliferative diseases
• malt lymphoma
• diffuse large b-cell lymphoma
• lymphoma predictors