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Localized lymphoid hyperplasia of the rectum resembling polypoid mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma: a report of three cases.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Jan 2005
Kojima Masaru, Itoh Hideaki, Motegi Atsushi, Sakata Noriyuki, Masawa Nobuhide
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Histologically, benign lymphoid hyperplasia of the rectum is usually characterized by large lymphoid follicles with active germinal centers and by a narrow surrounding mantle zone and marginal zone (MZ). We report here three cases of benign lymphoid hyperplasia of the rectum associated with prominent marginal zone hyperplasia, which caused serious difficulty in the differential diagnosis from the polypoid type of...
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