title: [Primary gastrointestinal lymphoma].
abstract: 20 patients were evaluated and found to have a radiologic-endoscopic diagnosis of primary gastrointestinal lymphoma, in the Digestive Tract Department of the "Padre Machado" Oncological Hospital in a 19 years period (1970-1989). In 17 patients diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma was made and the 3 other patients were diagnosed with the Hodgkin's Lymphoma. It was located more frequently in the stomach: 14 (70%). Through double contrast radiology, endoscopy and deep biopsy, the diagnosis was made in 12 (67%) patients. The most frequent hystological type was diffuse histiocytic lymphoma. Surgery was the most used treatment. The value of double contrast radiology, and deep biopsy stand out as adequate methods to obtained a positive diagnostic, avoiding unnecessary surgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Vías Digestivas, Hospital Oncológico Padre Machado, Caracas, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Montilla
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bronstein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Monserat
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fuentes
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Silvestri
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bianco
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Isern
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Linfoma primario gastrointestinal.