Clinical and pathological study of 31 cases with gastrointestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma

Clinical and pathological features of 31 cases with gasbointestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma were analyzed. In the group, the male more than foe female and with avers age of 56. 6, 24 cases(77% ) occurred in the stomach,2 cases respectively in small intestine,ileum-cecum,cecum and colon and one case in rectum. No specific symptom or sign was found.Pathologically cleaved or non-cleaved cell lymphomas were predominant. 16 cases were condrmed by Immunohstochemistry and 15 cases were of B-cell lymphoma,one of T cell lymphoma.