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Gastric pseudolymphoma

Not necessarily a benign lesion

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Gastric pseudolymphoma is thought to be a benign process. This report documents the malignant behavior of a gastric pseudolymphoma that was thought to be benign until a distant malignant B-cell lymphoma was demonstrated. Subsequent evaluation traced the B-cell lymphoma back to the gastric “pseudolymphoma.” This finding stresses the relationship between gastric pseudolymphoma and gastric lymphoma, and the malignant potential of gastric pseudolymphoma. Multimodal tissue evaluation using histology, immunohistochemistry, and flow cytometry is essential. Surgical resection is the primary therapy for gastric pseudolymphoma.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, 730 Harbourside Tower, 4 Columbia Drive, 33606, Tampa, Florida

    John F. Sweeney MD, Carl Muus MD, Peter P. McKeown MB, BS &  Alexander S. Rosemurgy MD

  2. Department of Pathology, University of South Florida, 730 Harbourside Tower, 4 Columbia Drive, 33606, Tampa, Florida

    John F. Sweeney MD, Carl Muus MD, Peter P. McKeown MB, BS &  Alexander S. Rosemurgy MD

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Sweeney, J.F., Muus, C., McKeown, P.P. et al. Gastric pseudolymphoma. Digest Dis Sci 37, 939–945 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01300395

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