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Posts from March 2009

B-cell clonality: Recurrent lymphoma?

Clinical History and Pathological Findings
An elderly woman presented with mild anemia and was found to have a positive fecal occult blood test and a positive serum anti-H. pylori IgG antibody test. Endoscopy was performed, and several superficial gastric and duodenal ulcers were biopsied.

B-cell IgH PCR revealed a clonal B-cell population, and the diagnosis of [...]