The Profile of Primary Gastrointestinal Lymphoma in Egyptian Patients
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nodes without involvement of peripheral lymph nodes, liver, spleen, bone marrow or peripheral blood [5]. Forty percent of all non Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) arise at extranodal sites [9], with the GI as the commonest extranodal site constituting 4-8% in the Western countries and up to 25% of cases in the Middle East [35]. The stomach is the most frequent site of involvement in Western countries, while, the small intestine is most frequently affected in the Middle Eastern countries [2].
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