title: A case of primary gastric lymphoma in a child.
abstract: Primary gastric lymphoma is a rare gastrointestinal cancer in children. Adult cases of primary gastric lymphoma are often associated with Helicobacter pylori infection and in the past were treated mainly by surgery with additional chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. We experienced a case recently of a primary gastric lymphoma in a girl. She presented at our hospital with epigastric abdominal pain and upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Chemotherapy alone sufficiently controlled the disease and no additional therapeutic modalities were needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. choebk70@dsmc.or.kr
authors.forename: Byung Kyu
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin-Bok
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Heung Sik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hye-Ra
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Yu-Na
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D012074:Remission Induction / Q000379:methods; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology