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Ileal plasmablastic lymphoma presenting as intestinal occlusion in an HIV-negative patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Luis Figuero PérezAlejandro Olivares-HernándezMarta Navalón-JiménezEnrique Montero-MateosEmilio Fonseca-Sánchez
Published in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (2022)
We report the case of a 56-year-old male with a history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), RAI 0 and Binet Stage A in therapeutic abstention, who presented to the Emergency Department with a two-week history of low abdominal pain and constipation. Physical examination was unremarkable except for mild diffuse abdominal pain on palpation. Laboratory studies revealed lymphocytosis and anemia (Hb: 10.2 g/dl). An abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showed a partial small bowel obstruction secondary to a proximal ileal neoplasm.
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