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EBV-positive mucocutaneous ulcer within colonic diverticulitis mimicking diffuse large B cell lymphoma

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  1. Pathology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale/IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento, 80, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Magda Zanelli, Moira Foroni & Loredana De Marco

  2. Surgical Oncology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale/IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento, 80, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Maurizio Zizzo

  3. Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Maurizio Zizzo

  4. Institute of Hematology-CREO, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, University of Perugia, Piazza Menghini, 1, 06129, Perugia, Italy

    Giovanni Martino

  5. Pathology Unit, Ospedale di Terni, University of Perugia, Viale Tristano di Joannuccio, 05100, Terni, Italy

    Stefano Ascani

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Zanelli, M., Zizzo, M., Foroni, M. et al. EBV-positive mucocutaneous ulcer within colonic diverticulitis mimicking diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Ann Hematol 98, 1795–1797 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-019-03712-z

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