Long-term effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on the development of metachronous gastric cancer after endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer.

Background: A prospective, randomized trial proved that Helicobacter pylori eradication significantly reduces the incidence of metachronous gastric cancer during a 3-year follow-up.

Objective: To investigate the long-term effect of H pylori eradication on the incidence of metachronous gastric cancer after endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer.

Design: Retrospective, multicenter study.

Follicular lymphoma of the stomach: immunohistochemical and molecular genetic studies.

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the most common site for the development of extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, with most cases having a diffuse architectural pattern. Follicular lymphoma (FL) of the stomach is a very rare disease, and little is known about the immuno-histochemical and molecular genetic characteristics of this type of lymphoma. Despite their rarity, FLs are an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of follicular hyperplasia of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT), a relatively frequently encountered lesion with the potential to cause significant diagnostic difficulty, especially when assessment is based on scanty biopsy material.

Primary colorectal T-cell lymphoma.

We report here a case of primary colorectal T-cell lymphoma in a 49-year-old man. Eighteen years previously, he was diagnosed as having ulcerative colitis based on the findings of colonoscopy and a barium enema. Since then, he had been treated with salicylazosulfapyridine until the most recent episode.

Regression of CD5-positive and Helicobacter pylori-negative mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the rectum after administration of antibiotics: report of a case.

We report a case of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the rectum that regressed after antibiotics administration. A 70-year-old female complained of abdominal discomfort. Colonoscopy performed in July 1998 showed a hemispheric protrusion of the rectum, the surface of which was covered with normal rectal mucosa.