Radiology in primary gastric lymphoma.
Upper gastro-intestinal radiographic studies in 19 patients with primary gastric lymphoma (PGL) were reviewed and compared with studies in matched patients with adenocarcinoma. The very large infiltrating tumour (n = 10) was significantly more often found in patients with PGL, whereas the ulcerative lesion was the predominating feature in patients with adenocarcinoma (n = 15). Furthermore a coarse, irregular mucosal pattern and shallow ulcerations were frequently associated with PGL (n = 18). There was no difference in survival time between the two groups of patients. PGL is a rare disease, with two new cases annually in a population of 230 000, and therefore easily misjudged.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality