1. Type I enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma in the colon of a 29-year-old patient and a brief literature review
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Jiu-Cong Zhang, Xiu-Feng Wang, Yong Wang, and Fang-Xin Zhang
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Abdominal pain ,Malabsorption ,Case Report ,Disease ,Gastroenterology ,Metastasis ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,ulcer ,colon ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma ,Lymphoma ,Diarrhea ,liver metastasis ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Differential diagnosis ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL) is a rare gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, originating from intraepithelial T-lymphocyte, which is specifically associated with celiac disease. EATL most commonly presents in the sixth and seventh decades of life. We report a unique case of type I EATL in the colon with liver metastasis, which was presented with nonspecific radiological findings and at a very young age (29 years old) compared with previously published data. We suggest that EATL should be regarded as part of differential diagnosis in any patient presenting with abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, and malabsorption because delay in treatment can result in an irreversible clinical outcome.
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- 2016