Gastric adenocarcinoma in a patient re-infected with <it>H. pylori</it> after regression of MALT lymphoma with successful anti-<it>H. pylori</it> therapy and gastric resection: a case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)</it> has been etiologically linked with primary gastric lymphoma (PGL) and gastric carcinoma (GC). There are a few reports of occurrence of both diseases in the same patient with <it...
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| author | Ghosh Tamal K Pal Bhaskar B Ghoshal Ujjala Chakraborty Srikanta Pal Chiranjib Bandyopadhyay Santu Guha Debashish Ghoshal Uday C Banerjee Prabir K |
| author_facet | Ghosh Tamal K Pal Bhaskar B Ghoshal Ujjala Chakraborty Srikanta Pal Chiranjib Bandyopadhyay Santu Guha Debashish Ghoshal Uday C Banerjee Prabir K |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)</it> has been etiologically linked with primary gastric lymphoma (PGL) and gastric carcinoma (GC). There are a few reports of occurrence of both diseases in the same patient with <it>H. pylori</it> infection.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report a patient with PGL in whom the tumor regressed after surgical resection combined with eradication of <it>H. pylori</it> infection. However, he developed GC on follow up; this was temporally associated with recrudescence / re-infection of <it>H. pylori.</it> This is perhaps first report of such occurrence.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Possible cause and effect relationship between <it>H. pylori</it> infection and both PGL and GC is discussed. This case also documents a unique problem in management of PGL in tropical countries where re-infection with <it>H. pylori</it> is supposed to be high.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-47bf81308c2044539398912490cd6ce62022-12-22T03:16:54ZengBMCBMC Gastroenterology1471-230X2002-03-0121610.1186/1471-230X-2-6Gastric adenocarcinoma in a patient re-infected with <it>H. pylori</it> after regression of MALT lymphoma with successful anti-<it>H. pylori</it> therapy and gastric resection: a case reportGhosh Tamal KPal Bhaskar BGhoshal UjjalaChakraborty SrikantaPal ChiranjibBandyopadhyay SantuGuha DebashishGhoshal Uday CBanerjee Prabir K<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)</it> has been etiologically linked with primary gastric lymphoma (PGL) and gastric carcinoma (GC). There are a few reports of occurrence of both diseases in the same patient with <it>H. pylori</it> infection.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report a patient with PGL in whom the tumor regressed after surgical resection combined with eradication of <it>H. pylori</it> infection. However, he developed GC on follow up; this was temporally associated with recrudescence / re-infection of <it>H. pylori.</it> This is perhaps first report of such occurrence.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Possible cause and effect relationship between <it>H. pylori</it> infection and both PGL and GC is discussed. This case also documents a unique problem in management of PGL in tropical countries where re-infection with <it>H. pylori</it> is supposed to be high.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/2/6 |
| spellingShingle | Ghosh Tamal K Pal Bhaskar B Ghoshal Ujjala Chakraborty Srikanta Pal Chiranjib Bandyopadhyay Santu Guha Debashish Ghoshal Uday C Banerjee Prabir K Gastric adenocarcinoma in a patient re-infected with <it>H. pylori</it> after regression of MALT lymphoma with successful anti-<it>H. pylori</it> therapy and gastric resection: a case report BMC Gastroenterology |
| title | Gastric adenocarcinoma in a patient re-infected with <it>H. pylori</it> after regression of MALT lymphoma with successful anti-<it>H. pylori</it> therapy and gastric resection: a case report |
| title_full | Gastric adenocarcinoma in a patient re-infected with <it>H. pylori</it> after regression of MALT lymphoma with successful anti-<it>H. pylori</it> therapy and gastric resection: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Gastric adenocarcinoma in a patient re-infected with <it>H. pylori</it> after regression of MALT lymphoma with successful anti-<it>H. pylori</it> therapy and gastric resection: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gastric adenocarcinoma in a patient re-infected with <it>H. pylori</it> after regression of MALT lymphoma with successful anti-<it>H. pylori</it> therapy and gastric resection: a case report |
| title_short | Gastric adenocarcinoma in a patient re-infected with <it>H. pylori</it> after regression of MALT lymphoma with successful anti-<it>H. pylori</it> therapy and gastric resection: a case report |
| title_sort | gastric adenocarcinoma in a patient re infected with it h pylori it after regression of malt lymphoma with successful anti it h pylori it therapy and gastric resection a case report |
| url | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/2/6 |
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