P-078 Small cell stomach MALT-lymphoma

Conjunctival MALT Lymphoma

A 67-year-old woman was referred for staging of a mucosa-associated lymphoid tumor lymphoma involving the left conjunctiva. CT scan had shown paravertebral and pelvic masses, and a breast nodule. FDG PET/CT demonstrated moderately increased uptake in the left ocular conjunctiva and confirmed the paravertebral and pelvic masses and the breast nodule. Moreover, abnormal FDG uptake was shown in 2 ...

EUS in MALT lymphoma.

Update: gastric MALT lymphoma.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Gastric MALT lymphoma is a model malignancy for examination of how neoplasia may arise from chronic inflammation. It is also exemplifies the translation of biologic knowledge of a disease towards improved clinical practice. Several recent publications have furthered the understanding of gastric MALT lymphoma pathogenesis, clinical behavior, and treatment. RECENT FINDINGS A s...

Extragastric MALT lymphoma.

Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease and B-Cell MALT Lymphoma of the Digestive Tract

Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (originally called Mediterranean lymphoma and subsequently alpha chain disease) is a slowly progressive low grade primary small intestinal B-cell lymphoma characterized by the synthesis of a truncated alpha heavy chain without light chain by the neoplastic cells. The histological features of IPSID and low grade primary gastric B-cell lymphoma are clo...