Frequent and Rapid Progression of Atrophy and Intestinal Metaplasia in Gastric Mucosa of Patients with MALT Lymphoma

Abstract

Conservative management of gastric MALT lymphoma including H. pylori eradication is associated with progression of gastric atrophy and intestinal metaplasia with frequent involvement of the corpus which is known to be a precancerous condition. These findings show that long-term endoscopic monitoring should be recommended in such patients.