Colonic Involvement in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia

Various gastrointestinal infiltrations have been described in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Here, we report a 69-year-old man with CLL and anaemia in whom the macroscopic finding of colonoscopy was normal, but the histological specimens revealed lymphocytic leukemia in ileum and...

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Autores principales: Arkkila, P. E. T., Nuutinen, H., Ebeling, F., Elonen, E., Kärkkäinen, P., Karjalainen-Lindsberg, M.-L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2533105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18795120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/742146
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Sumario:Various gastrointestinal infiltrations have been described in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Here, we report a 69-year-old man with CLL and anaemia in whom the macroscopic finding of colonoscopy was normal, but the histological specimens revealed lymphocytic leukemia in ileum and in colon. If a CLL patient has any symptoms suggesting a possible GI manifestation of the haematologic disease or anaemia not explained by bone marrow infiltration or hemolysis, the diagnostic evaluation should include endoscopies with adequate biopsies.

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