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Lymphoma simulating Crohn's colitis

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A patient with lymphomatous colitis whose disease mimicked Crohn's colitis has been presented. The diagnosis was not made despite multiple endoscopic biopsies. Lymphomatous colitis may produce a clinical and colonoscopic picture similar to Crohn's colitis.

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  1. Joseph F. Groarke MD. MRCP (I), MRCP

    Present address: , Portiuncula, County Galway, Ireland

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  1. Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama in Birmingham, 35294, Birmingham, Alabama

    Alva B. Weir MD, Man-Chiu Poon MD, FRCP (C), FACP,  Joseph F. Groarke MD. MRCP (I), MRCP & James A. Wilkerson MD

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama in Birmingham, 35294, Birmingham, Alabama

    Alva B. Weir MD, Man-Chiu Poon MD, FRCP (C), FACP,  Joseph F. Groarke MD. MRCP (I), MRCP & James A. Wilkerson MD

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Alabama in Birmingham, 35294, Birmingham, Alabama

    Alva B. Weir MD, Man-Chiu Poon MD, FRCP (C), FACP,  Joseph F. Groarke MD. MRCP (I), MRCP & James A. Wilkerson MD

  4. Hematology/Oncology Service (Department of Medicine) and Department of Pathology, Veterans Administration Hospital, 35233, Birmingham, Alabama

    Alva B. Weir MD, Man-Chiu Poon MD, FRCP (C), FACP,  Joseph F. Groarke MD. MRCP (I), MRCP & James A. Wilkerson MD

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Weir, A.B., Poon, MC., Groarke, J.F. et al. Lymphoma simulating Crohn's colitis. Digest Dis Sci 25, 69–72 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01312736

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