Successful rituximab monotherapy for API2-MALT1 fusion positive primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the transverse colon in a patient with liver cirrhosis

Masayoshi Yamada Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]

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Hiromu Kawahara Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan

Hisakazu Shiroeda Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan

Mutsumi Tsuchishima Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan

Yasufumi Masaki Department of Hematology and Immunology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan

Katsuaki Sato Department of Pathophysiological and Experimental Pathology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan

Shujiro Takase Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan

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