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MALT lymphomas and Helicobacter pylori?
  1. S A HOPTION CANN,
  2. J P VAN NETTEN
  1. C VAN NETTEN
  1. Special Development Laboratory
  2. Royal Jubilee Hospital
  3. Victoria, BC, Canada and
  4. Department of Biology, University of Victoria
  5. Victoria, BC, Canada
  6. Department of Health Care and Epidemiology
  7. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
  8. Canada V6T 1Z3
  1. Dr J P van Netten, Special Development Laboratory, Royal Jubilee Hospital, 1900 Fort Street, Victoria, BC, Canada V8R 1J8.hvannetten{at}caphealth.org

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.48.2.283a

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    Editor,—Radereret al (Gut2000;46:133–5OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science) present an interesting case report of a patient with a mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the stomach and descending colon. Their report adds to the growing literature of gastrointestinal MALT lymphomas that respond to antibiotic treatment. In addition to the numerous reports on antibiotic sensitive gastric lymphomas,1 those of the small intestine,2 salivary glands,3 ,4 nasal mucosa,5 and colon6 ,7 have recently been reported.

    Although Helicobacter pylori is generally implicated as the inducing agent, this does not always appear to be the case. A related bacterium, H heilmannii …

    Professor M Raderer. markus.raderer{at}akh-wien.ac.at

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