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Malignant lymphoma involving the stomach
Author(s) -
Kline Tilde S.,
Goldstein Franz
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197310)32:4<961::aid-cncr2820320430>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - medicine , nucleolus , stomach , lymphoma , pathology , cytology , mucin , gastric carcinoma , malignant cells , malignant lymphoma , nucleus , gastroenterology , cancer , psychiatry
Five cases of malignant lymphoma involving the stomach are presented, and the importance of gastric cytology is stressed. Four of our five cases were first diagnosed as lymphoma by this method. The cytologic findings included single malignant cells only slightly larger than lymphocytes, with a central hyper‐chromatic nucleus, thickened nuclear membrane and prominent nucleolus. In distinction, cells which exfoliate from gastric carcinoma occur in clusters, are somewhat larger, and may have eccentric nuclei as well as mucin production. All our cases were discovered in a one‐year period in a 450‐bed general community hospital. The significance of this upsurge of gastric lymphomas is not apparent.