Diffuse colonic mantle cell lymphoma in a patient with presumed ulcerative colitis: detection of a precursor monoclonal lymphoid population using polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry.
Robert M, Kuo F, Longtine J, Sklar J, Schrock T, Weidner N. Diffuse colonic mantle cell lymphoma in a patient with presumed ulcerative colitis: detection of a precursor monoclonal lymphoid population using polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry. The American Journal Of Surgical Pathology 1996, 20: 1024-31. PMID: 8712289, DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199608000-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUlcerative colitisColonic lymphomaMantle cell lymphomaMucosal changesCell lymphomaInflammatory mucosal changesPrimary colonic lymphomaSevere ulcerative colitisImmunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangementHigh-grade morphologyHeavy chain gene rearrangementMonoclonal lymphoid populationLate complicationsMucosal injuryUnderlying diseasePrimary lymphomaFurther workupInitial diagnosisResection specimenPolymerase chain reactionSuperficial biopsiesLymphoid proliferationsColitisLymphoid populationsLymphoma