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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
8
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1979-10-26
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Four cases of malignant histiocytosis of the intestine (MHI) are described in detail, with emphasis on the clinical features and laboratory findings that may lead to a diagnosis. MHI is a rapidly progressive, usually fatal condition, which may occur in a setting of adult celiac disease or apparently spontaneously; all patients, however, have villous atrophy and crypt hyperplasia of the jejunum. Characteristic symptoms are malaise, weight loss, abdominal pain, and diarrhea followed, after a period of weeks or months, by acute small intestinal obstruction, perforation, or bleeding. Because of the high mortality associated with MHI, suggestive symptomatology and investigations should, in the absence of a definitive diagnosis, lead to an urgent laparotomy with a view to chemotherapy if the diagnosis is made.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Aug
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| pubmed:issn |
0163-2116
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
24
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
631-8
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2008-11-21
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:467214-Biopsy,
pubmed-meshheading:467214-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:467214-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:467214-Intestinal Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:467214-Jejunum,
pubmed-meshheading:467214-Liver,
pubmed-meshheading:467214-Lymphatic Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:467214-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:467214-Middle Aged
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| pubmed:year |
1979
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Malignant histiocytosis of the intestine.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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