Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2008; 14(19): 3101-3104
Published online May 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3101
Primary lymphoblastic B-cell lymphoma of the stomach: A case report
Miao-Xia He, Ming-Hua Zhu, Wei-Qiang Liu, Li-Li Wu, Xiong-Zeng Zhu
Miao-Xia He, Ming-Hua Zhu, Wei-Qiang Liu, Li-Li Wu, Department of Pathology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
Xiong-Zeng Zhu, Department of Pathology, Tumor Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Author contributions: He MX wrote the paper and organized the figures and patient data; The diagnosis and differential diagnosis were carried out by Zhu XZ, Zhu MH, Liu WQ and Wu LL; Zhu XZ helped organize and correct the paper; Zhu MH supervised the writing and organization process.
Correspondence to: Miao-Xia He, Department of Pathology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. hmm26@163.com
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Received: July 31, 2007
Revised: April 10, 2008
Published online: May 21, 2008
Abstract

Primary stomach lymphoblastic B-cell lymphoma (B-LBL) is a rare tumor. We describe a primary stomach B-LBL in a 38 years old female who presented with nonspecific complaints of fatigue and vomiting for 2 mo. Gastrofiberscopy revealed a large gastric ulcer, which was successfully resected. Pathology showed a lymphoblastic cell lymphoma arising from the stomach, and there was no evidence of disease at any extrastomach site. Immunohistochemical staining and gene rearrangement studies supported that the stomach tumor was a clonal B-cell lymphoma. Therefore, the diagnosis of B-LBL was made based on the stomach specimen.

Keywords: Primary stomach lymphoma, Lymphoblastic lymphoma, B-cell