| Musshoff - classification of gastrointestinal lymphomas |
| Stage |
Discription |
| IE |
Involvement of extralymphatic organs or tissue |
| I1E |
In case of gastric lymphoma: Involvement of mucosa and submucosa |
| I2E |
Gastric involvement surpassing stage I1E |
| II1E |
Involvement of an extralymphatic organ including regional
lymphknots, alternativly one further extralymphatic organ above or beneath
the diaphragma |
| II2E |
Involvement of an extralymphatic organ and of extraregional lymph knots,
plus one additional localized involvement of an extralymphatic organ |
| IIIE |
Involvement of an extralymphatic organ, additionally involvement of lymph knots
above or beneath the diaphragma, including one further localized involvement
of an extralymphatic organ or tissue, alternativly
the spleen (IIIS) or both (IIIES) |
| IV |
Diffus or disseminated organ involvement irrespective of lymph knot involvement |
| Fischbach classification of primary gastrointestinal lymphomas |
| B-cell-lymphoma |
T-cell-lymphoma |
| Low grade B-cell-lymphoma of MALT |
Enteropathy-associated T-cell-lymphoma
(EATCL) |
| High grade B-cell-lymphoma of MALT
irrespective of additional low grade subsets included |
Other non- enteropathy associated
types |
| Mediteranian-type-lymphoma (malignant form
of IPSID) |
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| Malignant centrocytic lymphoma
(lymphomatous polyposis) |
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| Burkitt-type-lymphoma |
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| Other low- or high grade lymphomas
consistent with nodal lymphomas
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