Diffuse large B – cell lymphoma involving the maxilla in a minor

Abstract

Lymphomas can be simply defned 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 signifcant is that the incidence of primary DLBCL in the oral cavity of a minor which is not very common and has rarely been specifed earlier in the literature.