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Digestion
; 36(3): 182-8, 1987.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3596077
ABSTRACT
Two cases of nonmalignant immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) presenting with severe malabsorption are described. The first patient had a lymphocytic infiltrate of the lamina propria and lymphoid hyperplasia of the mesenteric lymph nodes and responded to oral tetracycline. The second patient had a polyclonal plasmacytic infiltration of the lamina propria and of the mesenteric nodes and responded only to cytotoxic treatment with cyclophosphamide. These cases represent examples of non-alpha-chain disease benign IPSID.