Mucosa-associated lymhpoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the jejunum and Helicobacter pylori--chance association?
Helicobacter pylori have been causally linked to primary gastric B-cell lymphoma of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type. Antibiotic therapy to eradicate H. pylori has been shown to induce remission of such lymphoma. We report a case of primary B-cell MALT lymphoma of the jejunum associated with H. pylori. The literature of intestinal MALT lymphoma is reviewed.
Keung
Yi-Kong
YK
Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. ykeung@wfubmc.edu
Higgs
Vetta
V
Albertson
David A
DA
Cappellari
James O
JO
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction / Q000379:methods