title: Results of laparotomy in immunoproliferative small intestinal disease.
abstract: Immunoproliferative small intestinal diseases (IPSID), previously known as Mediterranean Lymphomas, constitute more than 60% of the non-Burkitt's small intestinal lymphomas in Tunisia. A multidisciplinary study of IPSID was undertaken by the Tunisian/French Lymphoma Study Group in 1980 to reach a better understanding of the two subgroups of the disease: secreting IPSID (essentially alpha-chain disease [ACD]); and nonsecreting IPSID (NS-IPSID) (extensive small intestinal lymphomas without gammopathy). The results of initial exploratory laparotomy performed in 38 cases of IPSID (17 ACD and 21 NS-IPSID) are described here, and show notable similarities between the two groups: the extensive pattern of the abnormal cell infiltrate along the major part of the small intestine; frequent and extensive involvement of the mesenteric lymph nodes; the existence of several degrees of severity in small intestinal mesenteric lymph nodes; and other intraabdominal organ involvement. Certain differences also were observed: the relatively high degree of tropism of the NS-IPSID towards the gastric mucosa which was absent in the ACD of this series; and the more frequent involvement of the entire length of the small bowel in ACD. In spite of these discrete differences, the IPSID form a homogeneous group which is definitely distinguishable from the segmentary small intestinal lymphomas known as Western-type, and which account for approximately one third of our non-Burkitt's small bowel lymphomas.
authors.affiliation: Institut Salah Azaiz, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tabbane
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mourali
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cammoun
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Najjar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D007161:Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D007813:Laparotomy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins