Colonic involvement in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

@article{citeulike:3279392, abstract = {Various gastrointestinal infiltrations have been described in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Here, we report a 69-year-old man with CLL and anaemia in whom the macroscopic finding of colonoscopy was normal, but the histological specimens revealed lymphocytic leukemia in ileum and in colon. If a CLL patient has any symptoms suggesting a possible GI manifestation of the haematologic disease or anaemia not explained by bone marrow infiltration or hemolysis, the diagnostic evaluation should include endoscopies with adequate biopsies.}, address = {Department of Gastroenterology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.}, author = {Arkkila, P. E. and Nuutinen, H. and Ebeling, F. and Elonen, E. and K\"{a}rkk\"{a}inen, P. and Karjalainen-Lindsberg, M. L.}, citeulike-article-id = {3279392}, issn = {1687-630X}, journal = {Gastroenterology research and practice}, keywords = {anemia}, posted-at = {2008-09-17 10:03:13}, priority = {2}, title = {Colonic involvement in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18795120}, volume = {2008}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3279392 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3279392 N2 - Various gastrointestinal infiltrations have been described in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Here, we report a 69-year-old man with CLL and anaemia in whom the macroscopic finding of colonoscopy was normal, but the histological specimens revealed lymphocytic leukemia in ileum and in colon. If a CLL patient has any symptoms suggesting a possible GI manifestation of the haematologic disease or anaemia not explained by bone marrow infiltration or hemolysis, the diagnostic evaluation should include endoscopies with adequate biopsies. JF - Gastroenterology research and practice SN - 1687-630X AD - Department of Gastroenterology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00290 Helsinki, Finland. TI - Colonic involvement in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. VL - 2008 KW - anemia AU - Arkkila, PE AU - Nuutinen, H AU - Ebeling, F AU - Elonen, E AU - Kärkkäinen, P AU - Karjalainen-Lindsberg, ML PY - 2008/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18795120 ER -