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A multimodal diagnostic approach is recommended to improve identification of subtypes targeting patient tailored therapeutic strategies. The aim of this prospective study was to present results of multicolor FCM immunophenotyping in surgically removed gastrointestinal mass and relate them with histopathology using the World Health Organization (WHO) classification and clonality PCR testing. Thirty-two patients were included. Eight cats (25%) had gastric, 23 (72%) had intestinal lymphoma and 1 (3%) had gastric\/jejunal lymphoma. Intestinal lymphoma sites were represented by 18 small intestinal, 4 ileocaecal, 1 large intestinal. All gastric lymphomas were diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Small intestinal lymphomas were 10 enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma type I (EATL I), 2 enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma type II (EATL II), 2 peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), 3 DLBCL and one DLBCL+EATL II. The most common small intestinal FCM T-cell phenotype was CD3<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>CD21<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup> CD4<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>CD8<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>CD18<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> CD5<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>CD79<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup> in 7\/10 EATL I and one EATL II. The most frequent FCM B-cell phenotype was CD3<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>CD21<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> CD4<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>CD8<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>CD18<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> CD5<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>CD79<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> in 13\/17 DLBCL and the DLBCL+EATL II. Clonality PCR results were positive in 87.5% (28\/32) of all cases. No cross-lineage rearrangement was observed. IHC and FCM results agreed in 87.5% (28\/32) of all cases. When all 3 methods were combined, consistent results were seen in 75% (24\/32). 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