APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT), also called mucosa-associated lymphatic tissue, is a diffuse system of small concentrations of lymphoid tissue found in various submucosal membrane sites of the body, such as the gastrointestinal tract, nasopharynx, thyroid, breast, lung, salivary glands, eye, and skin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Salivary glands do not contain MALT, but may acquire it secondary to chronic inflammation, which usually involves autoimmune process such as in SS [59].

Detailed explanation-3: -It is scattered along the mucosal lining in the human body. It constitutes the important component of human lymph tissue. It protects the body from antigens.-MALT are found in tonsils, Peyer patches, appendix, gastrointestinal tract, oral passage, nasopharyngeal tract, breast, lungs, salivary glands, eyes, skin etc.