Approximately 90 percent of patients of primary gastric lymphoma are either mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) gastric lymphoma or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the stomach
MALT gastric lymphoma is often associated with infection with H. pylori - chronic inflammation
Clinical features
Epigastric pain
Early satiety
Fatigue
Weight loss
Melaena, haematemesis
Investigations
Gastroscopy + biopsy
Management
Treat H. pylori infection - with the stimulus removed the malignancy regresses