ON THE DIAGNOSIS OF MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
Authors: E L LAME, C A VELAT, R P CUSTER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 January 1954ON THE DIAGNOSIS OF MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACTEDWIN L. LAME, M.D., CLARENCE A. VELAT, M.D., R. PHILIP CUSTER, M.D.EDWIN L. LAME, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CLARENCE A. VELAT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, R. PHILIP CUSTER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-1-57 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMalignant lymphomas whose primary manifestations are in the gastrointestinal tract have aroused our interest because of their unusually high incidence among patients operated upon at the Presbyterian Hospital in recent years, an incidence well beyond that reported from institutions of greater size. During the five year period 1947-51 selected for our study, these tumors comprised 20 per cent of malignant tumors of thestomachfound at operation (national average, 2 to 3 per cent), and virtually half of those removed from thesmall intestine. As one would expect, they represent a very small percentage of malignant tumors encountered in the...Bibliography1. JacksonParker HF: Hodgkin's disease and allied disorders, 1947, Oxford University Press, New York. Google Scholar2. CusterBernhard RPWG: The interrelationship of Hodgkin's disease and allied tumors, Am. J. M. Sc. 216: 625, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Custer RP: Borderlands dim in malignant disease of the blood forming organs, Radiology 61: 764, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. PortmannHazardDunne UVJBEF: Hodgkin's disease of G. I. tract, Am. J. Roentgenol., in press. Google Scholar5. Doub HP: Malignant tumors of the small intestine, Radiology 49: 441, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. 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