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Cureus
December 2024
Department of Histopathology and Cytology, Apollo Cancer Center, Chennai, IND.
Background and objective Lymphomas can involve the gastrointestinal (GI) tract as a primary disease or as a secondary spread of systemic disease. The GI tract is a key site for extranodal lymphomas, with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) occurring in this region. This study aimed to analyze the demography, anatomic distribution, histological subtypes, and immunomorphological characteristics of all lymphomas with a primary GI presentation at a quaternary care hospital in southern India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary gastric T-cell lymphomas (PGTL) are exceedingly rare with an estimated incidence of 0.0091 per 100,000 person-years, affecting mainly elderly males. PGTL can present with a variety of gastrointestinal symptoms, but patients only rarely present with perforation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKorean J Gastroenterol
December 2024
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
The prevalence of gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma in Korea has not been reported largely because, it is a relatively rare disease. Gastric MALT lymphoma is clinically important because of the high prevalence of () in Korea. The endoscopic findings of gastric MALT lymphoma are diverse, and it is often challenging to differentiate from gastric adenocarcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Immunol
December 2024
Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Helicobacter infection is a key cause of gastric B cell mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. This study examined the role of B cell-activating factor (BAFF), a major driver of B cell proliferation and many B cell disorders, in this malignancy using a model in which conditional knockout mice for NOD-like receptor family CARD domain-containing 5 (Nlrc5) are infected with Helicobacter felis. Gastric BAFF production was significantly increased in H.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma or MALToma occurs in 8% of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma according to the latest WHO classification. The most involved site of MALToma is stomach. We describe a rare case of concurrent gastric and orbital mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALToma) of a female who presented with progressive proptosis and abdominal pain.
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