Gastrointestinal lymphomas - A clinicopathological study in a tertiary care centre

Introduction: The aim of this study was to review the clinicopathological features of lymphomas of stomach and intestine, reported in a tertiary care hospital, for a period of two years. Among the total 454 reported cases of gastrointestinal malignancies, 60 cases were categorized as poorly differentiated neoplasms of stomach and intestine, were included in the study. Immunohistochemical analysis was done in all cases, by using carcinoembryonic antigen, CD 20, synaptophysin and chromogranin A. Results were analysed, in the total 60 cases of poorly differentiated malignancies, 12 cases were proved to be B – cell non-Hodgkins lymphomas with the stomach being the most common site.