A Case of High Grade B-Cell Type Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphoma Found in Patient with Weight Loss.
- Author:
Tae Seong LEE
1
;
Myung Seop BYUN
;
Hyung Sam KIM
;
Jae Hong CHOI
;
Hwa Sook JEONG
;
Tae Keun KANG
;
Joong Kyeum PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Hana General Hospital, Seoul, Korea. kabeebee@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
gastroscopy;
mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma;
Helicobacter pylori;
pharmacotherapy
- MeSH:
Aged;
B-Lymphocytes*;
Biopsy;
Diagnosis;
Diagnostic Tests, Routine;
Drug Therapy;
Follow-Up Studies;
Gastroscopy;
Helicobacter pylori;
Humans;
Lymphoid Tissue*;
Lymphoma*;
Prognosis;
Stomach;
Weight Loss*
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
2006;27(10):830-834
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The 68-year-old man who have no particular symptom except 10 kg weight loss was received the gastroscopy as a part of diagnostic tests. On his gastroscopic examination, it was ascertained as high grade B-cell type mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma from the biopsy of the erosive lesion on the angle of stomach. This lesion, after pharmacotherapy for Helicobacter pylori, was visible the normal mucosal pattern at the gastroscopic follow-up. Hereupon the writer tried to review the clinical aspect, the diagnosis, the treatment, and the prognosis, along with the literature investigation regarding MA LT lymphoma.
