Angiotropic large cell lymphoma (angioendotheliomatosis) presenting with protein-losing enteropathy.
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Angiotropic large cell lymphoma (angioendotheliomatosis) presenting with protein-losing enteropathy.
A 73 year old female presented with progressive hypoproteinaemic oedema which was resistant to treatment. The cause was not established until post-mortem, when it was found that she had angiotropic large cell lymphoma involving the vessels of the large intestine with mucosal ulceration. To our knowledge, this is the first report of angiotropic large cell lymphoma, which usually presents with ne...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.64.750.313