Clinicopathological study of primary gastric lymphomas in the central region of Tunisia, with survival analysis.

Background: Primary gastric lymphomas (PGL) are rare and represent only 5% of gastric malignancies, but are apparently increasing in incidence worldwide. Optimal treatment of PGL remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinicopathological characteristics, prognostic factors, survival rates, and treatment modalities in Tunisian patients with PGL.

[Primary small intestinal lymphoma: epidemiological, histological and therapeutic transition in Tunisia].

Introduction: Primary small intestinal lymphoma (PSIL) is the second Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) of the digestive tract (after gastric NHL).

Purpose: To evaluate during the past 28 years the epidemiological, anatomoclinical and therapeutic changes of PSIL in Tunisia through an acquired experience of more than a quarter of a century.

Methods: Our retrospective study included patients with histologically confirmed small intestinal lymphoma from 1981 to 2008 in Tunisia at Salah Azaiz Institute.