Rapidly growing primary gastric B-cell lymphoma after eradication of Helicobacter pylori

Authors
Furusyo, N Kanamoto, K Nakamura, S Yao, T Suekane, H Yano, Y Ariyama, I Hayashi, J Kashiwagi, S
Citation
N. Furusyo et al., Rapidly growing primary gastric B-cell lymphoma after eradication of Helicobacter pylori, INTERN MED, 38(10), 1999, pp. 796-799
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
INTERNAL MEDICINE
ISSN journal
09182918 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
796 - 799
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(199910)38:10<796:RGPGBL>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection plays a decisive role in primary gastric B-cell lymphoma especially of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MA LT)-type. We treated a 47-year-old male patient with primary gastric B-cell lymphoma associated with H. pylori infection. Although antibiotic therapy for eradication of H. pylori caused great improvement in the low-grade MALT lymphoma-like lesion, the small areas of high-grade lesion rapidly formed a new bulky mass in only 8 weeks, This suggests that eradication of H. pylo ri is not effective for high-grade lymphoma.