Lymphoid hyperplasia of small bowel in an adult female.
A case of terminal ileum lymphoid hyperplasia in an adult female is presented. Symptoms have been alleviated by limited resection of affected ileum and a segment of ascending colon. It appears that this process has been previously reported only in children and young people, most of the patients being male.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged