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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Chest, abdominal, and/or pelvic CT scan is generally performed to help in the staging of MALT lymphoma. If the disease is limited to the stomach (which is assessed with [[computed tomography]]), then 70-80% of patients will have a complete regression on treatment with [[antibiotic]] eradication of ''H. pylori''.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Bayerdörffer E, Neubauer A, Rudolph B, Thiede C, Lehn N, Eidt S, Stolte M | title = Regression of primary gastric lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type after cure of Helicobacter pylori infection. MALT Lymphoma Study Group. | journal = Lancet | volume = 345 | issue = 8965 | pages = 1591-4 | year = 1995 | id = PMID 7783535}}</ref> | Chest, abdominal, and/or pelvic CT scan is generally performed to help in the staging of MALT lymphoma. If the disease is limited to the stomach (which is assessed with [[computed tomography]]), then 70-80% of patients will have a complete regression on treatment with [[antibiotic]] eradication of ''H. pylori''.<ref name=vujhg>{{cite journal | author = Bayerdörffer E, Neubauer A, Rudolph B, Thiede C, Lehn N, Eidt S, Stolte M | title = Regression of primary gastric lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type after cure of Helicobacter pylori infection. MALT Lymphoma Study Group. | journal = Lancet | volume = 345 | issue = 8965 | pages = 1591-4 | year = 1995 | id = PMID 7783535}}</ref> | ||
==CT== | ==CT== | ||
Chest, abdominal, and/or pelvic CT scan is generally performed to help in the staging of MALT lymphoma. If the disease is limited to the stomach (which is assessed with [[computed tomography]]), then 70-80% of patients will have a complete regression on treatment with [[antibiotic]] eradication of ''H. pylori''.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Bayerdörffer E, Neubauer A, Rudolph B, Thiede C, Lehn N, Eidt S, Stolte M | title = Regression of primary gastric lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type after cure of Helicobacter pylori infection. MALT Lymphoma Study Group. | journal = Lancet | volume = 345 | issue = 8965 | pages = 1591-4 | year = 1995 | id = PMID 7783535}}</ref> | Chest, abdominal, and/or pelvic CT scan is generally performed to help in the staging of MALT lymphoma. If the disease is limited to the stomach (which is assessed with [[computed tomography]]), then 70-80% of patients will have a complete regression on treatment with [[antibiotic]] eradication of ''H. pylori''.<ref name=vujhg>{{cite journal | author = Bayerdörffer E, Neubauer A, Rudolph B, Thiede C, Lehn N, Eidt S, Stolte M | title = Regression of primary gastric lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type after cure of Helicobacter pylori infection. MALT Lymphoma Study Group. | journal = Lancet | volume = 345 | issue = 8965 | pages = 1591-4 | year = 1995 | id = PMID 7783535}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Chest, abdominal, and/or pelvic CT scan is generally performed to help in the staging of MALT lymphoma. If the disease is limited to the stomach (which is assessed with computed tomography), then 70-80% of patients will have a complete regression on treatment with antibiotic eradication of H. pylori.[1]
CT
Chest, abdominal, and/or pelvic CT scan is generally performed to help in the staging of MALT lymphoma. If the disease is limited to the stomach (which is assessed with computed tomography), then 70-80% of patients will have a complete regression on treatment with antibiotic eradication of H. pylori.[1]