Extension of gastric lymphoma into the esophagus and duodenum.
- 1 May 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 135 (2) , 309-312
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.135.2.7367617
Abstract
In 81 patients with gastric lymphoma, spread of tumor beyond the stomach was analyzed based on radiographs and medical records. Tumor extension into the esophagus was present in 10% of patients; spread across the pylorus into the duodenal bulb was seen in 33%. When the gastric fundus alone was involved, transcardial extension was seen in 4 of 10 patients; when only the antrum was involved, transpyloric extension was present in 6 of 7 patients. One-third of the patients with gastric lymphoma secondary to disease in adjacent structures had contiguous involvement of the esophagus or duodenum. Transcardial extension cannot be used to differentiate gastric lymphoma from adenocarcinoma; it confirms the frequent occurrence of transpyloric tumor extension in patients with gastric lymphoma.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: