Korean J Med.
2004 May;66(5):538-542.
A case of enteropathy-type intestinal T-cell lymphoma, confused with celiac disease
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. HJPARK21@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Division of Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.
Abstract
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Primary gastrointestinal lymphomas are commonly B-cell type, in contrast to the rare T-cell type, which has been noted as a complication of celiac disease that has not been reported in Korea so far. Primary T-cell lymphoma is commonly associated with enteropathy, and we report a case of small bowel T-cell lymphoma associated with enteropathy, with minimal mucosal lesion such as flattening of folds, which was difficult to differentiate with celiac disease clinically and pathologically.