Abstract

The clinical data of 26 cases with pathologically confirmed primary gastrointestinal nonHodgkin's lymphoma (PGINHL) admitted to our hospital from January 2001 to December 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.Among 26 patients,12 cases occurred in stomach,9 cases in small intestine,4 cases in colon and 1 case in multiple sites.The most common symptoms were abdominal pain (73%),followed by gastrointestinal bleeding (23%) and abdominal mass (15%).The main pathological types were MALT lymphoma (35%),diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (35%),and enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma ( 15% ).There were 14 patients in stage Ⅰ,6 in stage Ⅱ,1 in stage Ⅲ and 5 in stage ⅣV.Radical surgery and/or chemotherapy was the main therapy for PGINHL. Key words: Lymphoma; Non-Hodgkin; Retrospective study

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