Multiple lymphomatous polyposis of the gastrointestinal tract

A RECENT study of 38 apparently primary I malignant tumors of lymphoid tissue occurring in the gastrointestinal tract, examined in the pathology laboratories of St. Mark's, Westminster, and Gordon hospitals, London, England,lo there were 5 cases of multiple lymphomatous polyposis. T h e polyps, composed of varying types of lymphoid tissue, were sessile or pedunculated and involved considerable segments of the gastrointestinal tract. In attempting to assess the importance of this condition, we found very few cases reported in the literature and no review of the subject since the study by Symmers in 1909.24 T h e first case, reported by Briquet in 1835,3