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Mediterranean lymphoma, an uncommon case of iron-deficiency anemia

Journal Volume 80 - 2017
Issue Fasc.2 - Clinical images
Author(s) J. F. Juanmartiñena Fernández, D. Ruiz-Clavijo GarcÌa, I. Fernández-Urién, S. Razquin Lizarraga, A. Elosua González, I. Elizade Apestegui, J. J. Vila Costas
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(1) Complejo Hospitalario Navarra, Servicio AnatomÌa Patolôgica ; (2) Complejo Hospitalario Navarra, Department of Gastroenterology ; (3) Complejo Hospitalario Navarra, Department of Pathology.

A 57 year-old spanish man presented six-month period of iron-deficiency anemia. Physical examination was unremarkable. Upper endoscopy revealed mucosal edema and erythema beyond papilla of Vater with high mucosal friability. Specimen biopsies showed lymphoplasmacytic massive mucosal infiltration (Fig. 1) suggestive of immunoproliferative small bowel disease

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