Primary T-cell lymphoma of the duodenum: report of a case.
A case of primary non-Hodgkin's T-cell lymphoma of the duodenum is presented. A 41-year-old man was hospitalized in 1984 complaining of abdominal distention and vomiting. Hypotonic duodenography showed an encircling filling defect in the second portion of the duodenum, and a biopsy specimen revealed features of malignancy suggestive of either undifferentiated carcinoma or malignant lymphoma. Radical surgery (pancreaticoduodenectomy) was performed, after which chemotherapy was administered. A histological evaluation of the duodenal tumor showed it to be non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It was a diffuse, large-cell type, which immunohistochemically suggested it to be of T-cell origin. Currently the patient is doing well, with no evidence of disease recurrence 13 years after surgery.
Mizobuchi
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Department of Surgery II, Kochi Medical School, Japan.
Yamashiro
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Ohmori
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Ogoshi
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Sonobe
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D000328:Adult; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male