Review Article

The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Management of Primary Gastric Lymphoma

Table 1

Comparison of Ann Arbor, Lugano, and Paris (TNM) classification systems.

Ann Arbor staging systemLugano classificationParis classification (TNM)Lymphoma extension

IE1Confined to mucosa, submucosaStage IT1–T3N0M0Confined to GI tract (mucosa, submucosa, muscularis propria, and serosa)
IE2Confined to the stomach, invasion of the muscularis and/or serosa

IIE1Involvement of the stomach and contiguous lymph nodesStage II
II1: local nodal involvement
II2: distant nodal involvement
T1–T3N1M0
T1–T3N2M0
Extending into the abdomen
IIE2Involvement of the stomach and noncontiguous subdiaphragmatic lymph nodesPerigastric lymph nodes
More distant regional lymph nodes

IIIEInvolvement of the stomach and lymph nodes on both sides of the diaphragmStage IIIT4N0M0Penetrating of serosa and adjacent organs
T1–T4N3M0Lymph nodes on both sides of the diaphragm

IVEHematogenous spreadStage IVT1–T4N0–N3M1Distant metastasis (e.g., bone marrow)