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To report the clinicopathological data and the treatment outcomes in patients with primary gastric low grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. We carried out a retrospective analysis of 16 consecutive patients [median age 46 and range 28-75 years] who presented to our department with histopathological diagnosis of primary gastric low grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. We analyzed clinical manifestations, endoscopic features, pathological features,Helicobacter pylori infection and treatment. Common symptoms included abdominal pain [87.5%],vomiting [62.5%], and gastrointestinal bleeding [25%]. Endoscopic appearances were mainly ulcers and ulcerations [93.75%].Endoscopic biopsy confirmation rate reached 87.5% when biopsies were repeated. Helicobacter pylori detection rate was 75%. A total of 9 patients received surgeries. Three patients had chemotherapy and 8 patients had Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy. The range of follow-up was 2-74 months with a median of 27 months. A complete remission was obtained in 12 cases, whereas 1 patient died and 3 were lost of view. Eradication therapy may be offered as an initial treatment option in patients with low-grade gastric lymphoma
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Small intestine tumors represent less than 5% of digestive tract tumors. The goal of this work was to see the anatomoclinical, epide-miological, evolutive and therapeutic caracteristics of malignt tumors of the small intestine. We report a retrospective study which include files of patients with small intestine malight tumors proved by histology between 1992 and 2002. We report 22 cases [12 males, 8 females] with a mean age of 51 years. The circumstances of discovery of this patology were dominated by abdominal pains. The anatomopathological diagnosis was obtained by endoscopic biopsy in 14 cases, liver biopsy in 3 cases and analysis of operating piece in 5 cases. The more frequent histological nature was the adenocarcinoma. 64% of patients have metastatic cancer at the time of diagnosis. Surgery was realized in only 50% of cases