Abstract

ERNESTO BELTRAN, Brady et al. Gastrointestinal Epstein Barr Virus positive diffuse large B cell lymphoma in elderly: report of five cases and review of literatura. Rev. gastroenterol. Perú [online]. 2011, vol.31, n.3, pp.285-288. ISSN 1022-5129.

EBV-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in elderly is a new entity included provisionally in the most recent WHO Classification of lymphoid neoplasms. It usually affects elderly patients and has a poor survival. The goal of this report was to evaluate clinical, endoscopic characteristics and survival of five patients with this entity and gastrointestinal afectation. From five cases, three cases had gastric infiltration, one ileon and one in cecum.

Keywords : diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; EBV; gastrointestinal.

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