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Small bowel (small intestine)

Lymphoma

Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma

Reviewer: Hanni Gulwani, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 22 December 2012, last major update August 2012
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General
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● Low-grade B-cell lymphoma characterized by proliferation of small and plasmacytoid lymphocytes and plasma cells containing monoclonal intracytoplasmic immunoglobulins
● Often associated with serum viscosity syndrome due to IgM
● Formerly called immunocytoma

Laboratory
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● Monoclonal serum gammopathy

Case reports
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● 57 year old woman with obstructive tumor (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2001;125:677)

Micro description
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● Nodular or diffuse transmural infiltrate of small lymphocytes, mature plasma cells, lymphoplasmacytoid cells associated with extracellular PAS+ material

Micro images
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Various images

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