title: Metachronous early gastric adenocarcinoma presenting coinstantaneously with complete remission of stage IV gastric MALT lymphoma.
abstract: Adenocarcinoma and lymphoma represent the two most common malignant tumours of the stomach, with both neoplasms being associated with infection by Helicobacter pylori. However, the presence of lymphoma and adenocarcinoma in the same patient is a rare entity with synchronous neoplasms being more common than metachronous types. We report a case of stage IV gastric MALT lymphoma of the gastric angle with infiltration of the bone marrow successfully treated with chemotherapy and the occurrence of metachronous early gastric adenocarcinoma of the fundus presenting 1 year after the diagnosis of the lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: First Surgical Department, General Regional Hospital George Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece. telonakos@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Orestis
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ioannidis
authors.forename: Argiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sekouli
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paraskevas
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
authors.forename: Athina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konstantara
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotronis
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatzopoulos
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makrantonakis
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kakoutis
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012074:Remission Induction; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*