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Isaacson & Wright, en el año 1983, describieron el concepto de Linfoma del Tejido Linfoide Asociado a la Mucosa “MALT”, según las siglas inglesas (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue). Linfoma MALT es la proliferación neoplásica monoclonal de linfocitos B que infiltran las glándulas gástricas, con típicas lesiones linfoepiteliales. Palabras claves: Linfoma Malt.
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Isaacson and Wrigth in year 1983, described the concept of Mucosa Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma as a proliferation neoplasic monoclonal of lymphocytes B that infiltrates gastric glands with typic lymphoepitelial lesions. This patology is considered as a Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma of Bcells, extranodal and marginal zone lymphoma, being possible the infiltration of nodes and other organs in its evolution as gastric lymphoma. A gastric lymphoma is considered when there are no adenomegalies, peripheric or mediastinic, and without peripheric blood neither hepatoesplenic affection, except for the one by neighborhood. These lesions are around 7% of all gastric neoplasies and almost 2% of all lymphomas being the gastric localization the most frequent among MALT. It appears frequeantly in men over 50 years (Men-Women Relation 1,7-1). At the moment of diagnosis it is a low grade tumor in 70- 85% of cases. Key word: Lymphoma Malt |
Autor(es) : Dr. Aldo Quingalahua, Dr. Ernesto Paladines, Dr. Francisco Mendoza Jaime, Dr. Iván Nieto Orellana, Dr. Juan Jaramillo, Dr. Juan Tanca Campozano,
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