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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2006; 12(22): 3602-3608
Published online Jun 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i22.3602
Table 1 Clinical parameters, histological staging, treatment profiles and disease outcome
Parameters1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th
SexMMMMMMFMMFM
Age (yr)3220482851454821342739
Clinical features
Diarrhea++++-++++++
Weight loss++++-++++++
Pain abd++-+++-++-+
Clubbing+-+++-++--+
Anemia++--+-++++-
Fever+---++---+-
Endoscopy
Stomach---+ Infl-----+ N-
Duodenum+++(U)+++(U)-++(U)+(U)+
Jejunum++++++++++(U)+
Ileum------+-++-
Colon---------+-
Radiology
Mesenteric LN-+++-+-+++-
Hepatomegaly--------++-
Splenomegaly---------+-
Histology (S+D+J+C+R)
Number of tissue4+4+0+0+04+4+0+0+05+3+0+0+02+4+4+0+03+4+0+0+04+5+0+0+04+5+0+0+03+5+0+0+03+4+3+0+02+3+3+3+44+4+0+0+0
Galian’s stageAAAA, HPBBBBBBB
Light chain over-expressionλκκ-ive-ive-iveκ-iveκκκ
Drugs receivedDoxDox ChmDox ChmAnti-HPDoxDoxDox ChmDoxDox ChmDox ChmDox
Disease relapse-++---+-++-
Follow-up (mo)12036294016593No FU46No FUNo FU57
Table 2 Immunoprofiles of the groups studied (mean ± SD)
Immuno-markersStage AStage BLymphomaNormal
Syndecan-169 ± 3.4051 ± 10.2510.1 ± 6.35411 ± 7.605
bcl61.75 ± 1.633.64 ± 3.5414.25 ± 4.1520.55 ± 0.51
p533.15 ± 3.2576.5 ± 2.9149.2 ± 4.3150.11 ± 0.901
κ light chain67.51 ± 16.95267.42 ± 18.9555 ± 2.39942 ± 13.475
λ light chain35 ± 13.85724 ± 1.34625.5 ± 1.08729 ± 12.356
IgA heavy chain72 ± 4.57062 ± 24.52122 ± 2.97236 ± 6.513