Magnifying Endoscopy for Intestinal Follicular Lymphoma Is Helpful for Prompt Diagnosis

Magnifying endoscopy findings in follicular lymphoma of the rectum using narrow band imaging.

Magnifying Endoscopic Features of Follicular Lymphoma Involving the Stomach: A Report of Two Cases

A 70-year-old woman presented with follicular lymphoma involving the stomach, duodenum, jejunum, bone, and lymph nodes. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed multiple depressed lesions in the stomach. Examination with magnifying endoscopy showed branched abnormal vessels along with gastric pits, which were irregularly shaped but were preserved. The second case was a 45-year-old man diagnosed with...

Magnifying endoscopic observation of primary follicular lymphoma of the duodenum by using the narrow-band imaging system.

Magnified endoscopic images of gastric MALT lymphoma before and after treatment.

fying endoscopy in the diagnosis of gas− tritis and gastric cancer has been report− ed [1, 2]. However, there have been no re− ports on magnified endoscopic images of nonepithelial gastric tumors. We con− ducted a long−term follow−up of gastric mucosa−associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma by magnifying endos− copy. The magnifying electronic video endo− scope used was a GIF−Q240Z model (Oly...

Follicular lymphoma of the duodenum.

common site for the presentation of extranodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Depending on the series, follicular lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract accounts for 3.6 % of gastrointestinal lymphoma [1]. Above all, follicular lymphoma shows a predilection for the duodenum, where 55.6 %– 62.5 % of cases are located [1,2]. We present the case of a 47-year-old woman with epigastralgia. An elevated lesi...