Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract: radiographic findings.

[20,21].Inonestudy, tumor regressedafterantibiotics alone infiveofsixpatientswith gastric MALT lymphomas and con-comitant H.pylon gastritis [20].OnetheoryisthatH.pylon might beevoking animmu-nologic response thatstimulates growth ofthetumor, soeradication ofthisorganismmight inhibit tumor growth [20].Inanycase,eradication ofH.pylon from thestomachwithantibiotics could become aviable alter-native tosurgery, radiation, orchemotherapyasafirstchoice oftreatment forlow-gradegastric MALT lymphomas.Radiographic FindingsAsmany as50%ofpatients withgeneral-izednon-Hodgkin’s lymphoma arefound tohavegastrointestinal involvement atautopsy[22]. However, most ofthese patients havesubclinical disease ofthe gastrointestinal