Abstract

HIROMI LOPEZ T, Juan Carlos; CASASBUENAS D, María del Pilar; ACOSTA F, Jinneth  and  RICAURTE G, Orlando. Primary follicular lymphoma of the duodenum: Case report and literature review. Rev Col Gastroenterol [online]. 2012, vol.27, n.3, pp.222-227. ISSN 0120-9957.

Patient was an 80 year old woman with dyspepsia. An upper endoscopy showed confluent polypoid lesions in the second portion of the duodenum. A histological study showed a follicular B-cell lymphoma. This is a rare low grade neoplasm of duodenum which must be differentiated from follicular reactive hyperplasia and other lymphomas

Keywords : Duodenal polypoid lesion; primary B-cell lymphoma of the digestive tract; primary duodenal lymphoma; follicular lymphoma.

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