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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2013; 19(29): 4827-4831
Published online Aug 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i29.4827
Published online Aug 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i29.4827
Endoscopic appearance of AIDS-related gastrointestinal lymphoma with c-MYC rearrangements: Case report and literature review
Shohei Tanaka, Naoyoshi Nagata, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan
Sohtaro Mine, Toru Igari, Clinical Laboratory and Pathology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan
Taiichiro Kobayashi, Jun Sugihara, Haruhito Honda, Katsuji Teruya, Yoshimi Kikuchi, Shinichi Oka, Division of AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan
Naomi Uemura, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Kohnodai Hospital, Chiba 272-0827, Japan
Author contributions: Tanaka S and Nagata N contributed equally to this work; Nagata N, Kobayashi T, Sugihara J, Honda H, Teruya K, Kikuchi Y, Oka S and Uemura N helped to edit the manuscript; Mine S and Igari T provided discussion of the pathological features; Tanaka S and Nagata N wrote of the paper.
Supported by The National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Correspondence to: Dr. Naoyoshi Nagata, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan. nnagata_ncgm@yahoo.co.jp
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Received: March 16, 2013
Revised: May 12, 2013
Accepted: June 19, 2013
Published online: August 7, 2013
Processing time: 143 Days and 8.5 Hours
Revised: May 12, 2013
Accepted: June 19, 2013
Published online: August 7, 2013
Processing time: 143 Days and 8.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Endoscopic findings in gastrointestinal-acquired immune deficiency syndrome (GI-AIDS) related lymphoma (ARL) are miscellaneous and may be different from non-AIDS GI lymphoma. We report a rare case of GI-ARL with MYC rearrangements and coinfected with Epstein-Barr virus infection, and there are multiple findings involving stomach, duodenum, and colon and rectum. Magnified endoscopy with narrow band imaging showed a honeycomb-like pattern without irregular microvessels in the dish-like lesions of the stomach. Moreover we conducted literature review of GI-ARL. To our knowledge, this is the first report of GI-ARL with MYC arrangements and presenting an atypical endoscopic appearances.