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Benign lymphoid hyperplasia of the stomach simulating gastric malignancy

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A patient is presented who exhibited many of the features observed in other previously reported patients with benign lymphoid hyperplasia including chronic peptic ulcer symptoms, radiologic demonstration of gastric ulcer with surrounding filling defects, and gastroscopic appearance consistent with gastric malignancy. The histologic findings of a polymorphous cellular infiltrate with mature lymphocytes and follicle formation suggested the diagnosis of benign lymphoid hyperplasia and implies a benign course.

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  1. From the Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, and the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York

    Philip Eras MD &  Sidney J. Winawer MD

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Supported by Public Health Service Traineeship CST562A67 from the Cancer Control Program, and by US Public Health Service Special Fellowship 2-F3-CA-31, 497-02 from the NIH, National Cancer Institute.

The authors wish to thank Dr. Paul Sherlock for his critical review of this paper.

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Eras, P., Winawer, S.J. Benign lymphoid hyperplasia of the stomach simulating gastric malignancy. Digest Dis Sci 14, 510–515 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02283891

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