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What causes MALT lymphomas outside the stomach?

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It is not known if infectious agents also cause MALT lymphomas outside of the stomach.

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How are MALT lymphomas in the stomach treated?
Those MALT lymphomas that arise in the stomach in response to H. pylori infections are generally successfully treated with antibiotics, which eliminate the bacteria.
What elements are the source causes of MALT lymphomas?
However, other hereditary, dietary, or environmental factors are almost certainly involved.
What bacteria are MALT lymphomas of the stomach associated with?
In the stomach they are associated, in greater than 90% of all cases, with the bacteria called Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori).
What is the single most common cause of MALT lymphomas?
The majority of MALT lymphomas appear to be the result of infectious agents, most commonly H. pylori in the stomach.
What causes treatment for some MALT lymphoma patients to be ineffective?
It may be the case that in these patients, the MALT lymphoma may have already progressed to a point where high-grade lesions, not observed in the original biopsies, were resistant to the initial...