The authors present a case of colonic monoblastic sarcoma, previously treated for other digestive abnormalities (malabsorbtion, Hirschprung's disease). Important similitudes with immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) lymphoma were demonstrated for this patient (male, 2-year-old). His main admission complaints were failure to thrive, recurrent episodes of enterocolitis and malabso...

we described a case of lymphoid follicular hyperplasia that arose from the ileum of a 52-year-old woman. her colonoscopy revealed a large mass in the cecum associated with multiple polypoid lesions in the ileum. histologic examination demonstrated severe lymphocytic infiltration and lymphoid follicles with regular germinal centers, without evidence of malignancy. a right hemicolectomy was perfo...

A 40-year-old man born in Bangladesh developed alpha heavy chain disease whilst a resident in the United Kingdom. An incomplete, low molecular weight alpha heavy chain protein, devoid of light chains was demonstrated in his serum. Clinical remission of his disease was achieved by antibiotics alone.

background: a known species lutztrema (lutziella) microacetabularae rhode, 1966 is being described for the first time from pakistan. this species is characterized by having body long and slender, oral sucker subterminal, acetabulum smaller than oral sucker lying in anterior third of the body, pharynx small, esophagus promi-nent which become gradually wider and bifurcates in to two rudimentary c...

background plasmablastic lymphoma (pbl) is a relatively new entity, classified by who as a rare variant of diffuse large b cell lymphoma. the present case report introduces a 17 year old girl with chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, intra-abdominal venous thromboses, ascites, mesenteric lymphadenopathies and small intestinal polyposis, the pathologic and immunohistochemistric examinations of the ...