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Enteropathy‐associated T‐cell lymphoma (EATL) is a rare primary gastrointestinal T‐cell lymphoma. A multicenter study from the Asia Lymphoma Study Group identified 38 EATL patients within a 19‐year period. All cases were type II EATL. Men were affected twice as common as women, at a median age of 59 (23–89) years. None had a history of celiac disease. The sites of involvement were small bowel and stomach (5%), small bowel (63%), small and large bowel (16%), and large bowel (18%). Common presenting features were bowel perforation (34%), pain (32%), and obstruction (21%). Lymphomas showed monomorphic neoplastic lymphoid infiltrates that were CD3⁺ (100%), CD56⁺ (91%), TIA‐1⁺ (96%), CD4^–CD8⁺ (63%), CD4⁺CD8⁺ (19%), CD4^–CD8^– (16%), and CD4⁺CD8^– (3%). Epstein Barr virus was demonstrable in three cases. Despite chemotherapy and/or surgical resection, the overall response …