The following are true regarding primary gastric lymphoma except:
B symptoms are very rare.
H. pylori is implicated especially in MALT type
Mostly of B cell origin
Clinically can be easily differentiated from gastric adenocarcinoma by the presence of early satiety and prominent lymph node metastases.
GASTRIC LYMPHOMA Stomach is MC site for lymphoma in the GIT MC gastric lymphoma is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (55%) >extranodal marginal cell lymphoma (MALT) (40%) > Burkitts lymphoma (3%) > mantle cell and follicular lymphomas. Clinical Features: Vague symptoms, namely epigastric painQ, early satiety, and fatigue. B symptoms are very rare. Diagnosis: Endoscopy: Nonspecific gastritis or gastric ulcerations, with mass lesions being unusual.
Stomach & Duodenum