Case Report

Gastric MALT Lymphoma in the Absence of Helicobacter pylori Infection Presenting as an Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Gastric MALT lymphoma is almost exclusively a sequelae of Helicobacter pylori infection and rarely presents with profuse bleeding. Gastric mucosa is not normally thought to contain lymphoid tissue, yet in the presence of H pylori reactive lymphoid follicles form which are possibly throught to predispose the patient to developing lymphoma….

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