Primary gastric lymphoma: report of one case

ABSTRACT

Primary gastric lymphoma represents about 2 per cent of all neoplasms located in the stomach. In spite of the low frequency, it is an important diagnosis, since its prognosis differs significantly from gastric carcinomas. The authors present 1 case and underscores the difficulty of establishing a pre-operative diagnosis through clinical, laboratorial and radiological findings and mainly because upper digestive endoscopy hardly differentiates it from carcinoma.