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Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma Presenting with Diarrhea and Joint Pain Which was Successfully Diagnosed by an MYD88 Mutation Analysis.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2017
Fukushima Masaya, Okoshi Yasushi, Fukazawa Keiko, Koshino Mayuko, Ishiguro Shingo, Mitsuhashi Shoichi, Saitoh Hitoaki, Iijima Tatsuo, Kojima Hiroshi, Hori Mitsuo
Abstract excerpt
A 55-year-old man presented to our department with diarrhea, weight loss, fatigability, and polyarthralgia. Blood tests revealed elevated soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels and IgG-type M protein positivity, without any findings that were suggestive of collagen disease. After computed tomography (CT) detected enlarged lymph nodes in the abdominal para-aortic region, lymphoma was suspected. CT-guided needle...
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