Stellenwert des endoskopischen Ultraschalls bei gastrointestinalen Lymphomen Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Gastrointestinal Lymphomas

" MALT lymphoma l " Helicobacter pylori Abstract ! The majority of gastrointestinal lymphomas be- longs to the group of the MALT (mucosa-associ- ated lymphoid type) lymphomas arising in the stomach, therefore rendering them accessible to endoscopy. Staging currently follows the modi- fied Ann Arbor classification but most likely in the future, the TNM-based Paris staging system will be applied due to its detailed description of the local spread as well as the extraintestinal