Lymphosarcoma of the stomach: A long term follow-up report of two cases of reticulum cell sarcoma

Abstract

s INCE 1871, when the first report of a case of primary Iymphosarcoma of the stomach was made by CurveiIhier [I] Iiterature on the subject has steadily accumuIated. In 1952, in an extensive review of the world literature, Snoddy [2] coIIected 508 case reports including his own. Recently, Frazer [?] reported thirtyone cases of maIignant Iymphomas of the gastrointestina1 tract, of which eighteen were gastric. This represented the entire experience with suchztumors at Duke HospitaI from 1930 to 1952. Farmer [4] in 1957 reported seven cases of primary Iymphosarcomas of the stomach at Touro Infirmary from 1942 to 1956. These represented 2.1 per cent of all gastric maIignancies. The incidence of gastric Iymphosarcoma is variousIy reported as being 0.3 per cent to 2.1 per cent of a11 gastric malignancies. Of the reported cases of gastric Iymphosarcoma, reticuIum cell sarcoma represents from I2 per cent, as reported by Berger et a1. [F], 18.7 per cent by Marsha11 and Meissner [6] to 28.1 per cent as reported by Thorbjarnarson et al. [7].