Severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding determined by a gastric lymphoma associated with Helicobacter pylori-positive atrophic gastritis.

Authors: Obleagă CV, Vere CC, Pătraşcu AM, Moraru E, Crafciuc AV, Foarfă MC, Mogoantă SŞ, Streba CT, Bondari S, Paitici Ş, Mirea CS, Vîlcea ID Abstract The pathogenesis of gastric cancer regardless of histological structure is a classic example of gene-environment interaction, and an important epidemiological aspect was the recognized association with Helicobacter pylori infection. This paper describes a case of gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma in a young patient whose first sign of the disease was upper gastrointestinal bleeding and associated hemorrhagic shock. The patient is a 31-year-old man, diagnosed by endoscopy 10 years ago with H. pylori-positive chronic atrophic gastritis, who refused treatment to eradicate the bacterium and presents curre...

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