Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy  2005;31(5):323-327

A Case of Low-grade Gastric MALT Lymphoma Mimicking as a Advanced Gastric Cancer.

Nam Hoon KIM 1 ; Young Woon CHANG ; Jae Young JANG ; Sang Gil LEE ; Kwang Ro JOO ; Seok Ho DONG ; Hyo Jong KIM ; Byung Ho KIM ; Joung Il LEE ; Rin CHANG

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Keywords

MALT lymphoma; Gastric advanced cancer

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Gastric MALT lymphoma usually presents with various endoscopic morphologic characteristics. The majority of the endoscopic findings of low-grade gastric MALT lymphoma reveal multiple and superficial erosions or ulceration with mucosal nodularity, but high-grade gastric MALT lymphomas show ulceroinfiltrative and fungating lesion. However, low-grade gastric MALT lymphoma that presents as advanced gastric cancer is very rare. We experienced a case of low-grade gastric MALT lymphoma with perigastric lymph node infiltration; it presented as advanced gastric cancer, and it was treated with H. pylori eradication and CHOP chemotherapy. So we report on this case along with a review of related literatures.