Abstract:SUMMARY In the peripheral blood of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) the numerical distribution of the three major B lymphocyte subsets was determined by the identification of surface immunoglobulins using F(ab)2-antibody fragments. T cell counts were also obtained and the number of null cells was calculated. Twenty-eight patients with Crohn's disease including 14 patients with previously untreated and very short-standing disease (group CD 1) and 14 patients with long-standing and/or previous drug treated dis… Show more
“…Early diagnosis of lymphoma is challenging because of the similar radiologic appearance with Crohn's disease. 8 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is more frequent than Hodgkin's lymphoma in IBD. 7 Tumors in Crohn's disease are aggressive since they are high grade.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In contrast, lymphomas in Crohn's disease occurred within 10 years of the initial diagnosis, 5 and small bowel lymphoma was more frequent. Early diagnosis of lymphoma is challenging because of the similar radiologic appearance with Crohn's disease 8 . Non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma is more frequent than Hodgkin's lymphoma in IBD 7 .…”
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“…Early diagnosis of lymphoma is challenging because of the similar radiologic appearance with Crohn's disease. 8 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is more frequent than Hodgkin's lymphoma in IBD. 7 Tumors in Crohn's disease are aggressive since they are high grade.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In contrast, lymphomas in Crohn's disease occurred within 10 years of the initial diagnosis, 5 and small bowel lymphoma was more frequent. Early diagnosis of lymphoma is challenging because of the similar radiologic appearance with Crohn's disease 8 . Non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma is more frequent than Hodgkin's lymphoma in IBD 7 .…”
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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