Open AccessDuodenal-type follicular lymphoma -a silent tumor
Author(s) -
Isabel Garrido,
João Santos-Antunes,
Hélder Cardoso,
Guilherme Macedo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2021.8149/2021
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagogastroduodenoscopy , asymptomatic , duodenum , colonoscopy , endoscopy , past medical history , dyslipidemia , medical history , lymphoma , gastroenterology , general surgery , radiology , cancer , disease , colorectal cancer
A 79-year-old male, with a past medical history of hypertension, dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes, underwent routine esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy. The patient was asymptomatic, with unremarkable blood tests. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed multiple whitish nodular lesions in the first part of the duodenum.