Extraintestinal lymphoma in association with Whipple's disease.
A 45 year old man is described with Whipple's disease who presented with weight loss, lethargy, and ascites. He subsequently developed fever and a mass in the neck, but died despite antibiotic treatment and nutritional support. Necropsy showed extraintestinal lymphoma.
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Department of Medicine and Pathology, Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire.
Coddington
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Monteith
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Taylor
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D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology