Type II Enteropathy-Associated T-cell Lymphoma: A Rare Report from Iran.
Type II enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL) is a rare disease that is reported from Asia, especially from Taiwan. In this paper, we present a patient from Iran (Arab) with Type II EATL whose disease was not associated with celiac disease or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. The patient died due to intestinal perforation during the first chemotherapy. Type II EATL is a gastrointestinal lymphoma with poor prognosis and a high affinity for intestinal perforation. Early detection of EATL II is essential for chemotherapy prior to the onset of malnutrition symptoms.
Researcher, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ; Shahid Rajai Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
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Intestinal perforation; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; T cell lymphoma