J Korean Acad Fam Med.
2006 Oct;27(10):830-834.
A Case of High Grade B-Cell Type Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphoma Found in Patient with Weight Loss
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- 1Department of Family Medicine, Hana General Hospital, Seoul, Korea. kabeebee@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Internal Medicine, Hana General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, Hana General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Neurosurgery, Hana General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
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.
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