Gastrointestinal malignant neoplasms disguised as pneumatosis cystoids intestinalis
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Gastrointestinal malignant neoplasms disguised as pneumatosis cystoids intestinalis
RATIONALE Pneumatosis cystoids intestinalis (PCI) is a rare disease in which gas develops in the mucosa or submucosa of the digestive tract. The etiology and pathogenesis of this disease, at present, remain unclear, and gastrointestinal malignant neoplasms may be a potentially important cause. Herein, we report a case of mantle cell lymphoma presenting as PCI as well as present a literature rev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000009410