Clinical considerations on primary malignant lymphomas of the stomach

: Starting from a critical revision of eight cases of primitive malignant gastric lymphoma that they had observed during the last four years in Surgical Clinic of University of Pavia, the AA. refer the notions in regard to this neoplastic form. After having discussed the problems of etiopathogenesis of lymphoma and the most characteristic clinical forms, the AA. describe the modern views of diagnosis and the therapy on the base of literature and their personal casistry. Outlined the necessity of a precocious diagnosis and the possibilities that gastroscopy with looked at biopsy affers, the AA., also on the base of their experience, show like selective therapy of primitive malignant gastric lymphoma, the surgical treatment with complememtary cyclic polichemioterapy.