CD30 + Primary intestinal T-cell lymphoma (unclassified) masquerading as chronic inflammation: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary intestinal T-cell lymphomas are uncommon malignancies that pose a diagnostic dilemma, because the clinical features and imaging findings commonly overlap with those encountered in inflammatory bowel diseases.

Case presentation

The current clinical case report describes the clinical history, laboratory findings and histopathological analysis from a patient with non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms with a presumptive clinical diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease, and two intestinal biopsy specimens with non-specific findings. Due to the persistent symptoms a third biopsy was consistent with primary intestinal T-cell lymphoma, a diagnosis that was elusive for months after the initial presentation. Clinical correlation with laboratory and histopathologica

SUBMITTER: Osmani K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9233326 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature