Synchronous early gastric and intestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma in a Helicobacter pylori-negative patient: A case report

BACKGROUND Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma occurs largely in the digestive tract, with the stomach being the most commonly affected organ, followed by the small intestine, large intestine, and esophagus. It is rarely found in both the stomach and colon. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is strongly associated with gastric MALT lymphoma, although there is a small number of H. pylori-negative gastric MALT lymphomas. Diagnosis of MALT lymphoma is challenging because of nonspecific symptoms and diverse presentations of endoscopic findings. CASE SUMMARY We report a case of an asymptomatic patient who during screening endoscopy and was found to have stromal tumor-like submucosal uplift lesions in the stomach body and polypoid lesions in the rectum. After endoscopic resection, the patient was diagnosed with multiple early simultaneous gastrointestinal MALT lymphomas. CONCLUSION This study may help improve our understanding of MALT lymphomas and multifocal lesions treated using early endoscopy.

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