Burkitt's Lymphoma Diagnosed by Colonoscopy in Immunocompetent Patient
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Burkitt's Lymphoma Diagnosed by Colonoscopy in Immunocompetent Patient
67-year-old caucasian man without significant past medial history presented with colicky abdominal pain, in the ight lower quadrant, for the last 3 weeks. He also referred total weight loss of 10% during the last month. Comlete blood count revealed hemoglobin of 9.0 g/dL with ormal platelet and leukocyte count. Biochemical tests howed elevated C-reactive protein 148 (N: <3 mg/L) and rythrocyte ...
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عنوان ژورنال: GE Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2341-4545
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpge.2015.02.002