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==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
*It is recommended that patients coming with malabsorption symptoms such as diarrhea, unintentional weight loss, or painless swollen lymph nodes, night sweats, fever should be considered for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal lymphoma, extensive workup must be done such as complete blood count, imaging studies such as abdominal CT scan, final diagnosis needs endoscopy and biopsy of the specimen.<ref name="Di SabatinoBiagi2012">{{cite journal|last1=Di Sabatino|first1=A.|last2=Biagi|first2=F.|last3=Gobbi|first3=P. G.|last4=Corazza|first4=G. R.|title=How I treat enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma|journal=Blood|volume=119|issue=11|year=2012|pages=2458–2468|issn=0006-4971|doi=10.1182/blood-2011-10-385559}}</ref>


==When to seek urgent medical care?==
==When to seek urgent medical care?==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nima Nasiri, M.D.[2] Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [3]

Overview

What are the symptoms of Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma?

Some of the symptoms of EATL include:[1]

  • Abdominal pain
  • Diarrhea
  • Unexpected weight loss
  • Skin lesion
  • Fever
  • Night sweat

What causes Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma?

There aren't sufficient studies regarding causes of Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma, in other words, it's not known causes for this disease.

Who is at highest risk?

  • Enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma type I is more common among those diagnosed with celiac disease, however, type II can be seen in those without celiac disease[1]
  • There is a male gender predilection.

Diagnosis

  • It is recommended that patients coming with malabsorption symptoms such as diarrhea, unintentional weight loss, or painless swollen lymph nodes, night sweats, fever should be considered for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal lymphoma, extensive workup must be done such as complete blood count, imaging studies such as abdominal CT scan, final diagnosis needs endoscopy and biopsy of the specimen.[2]

When to seek urgent medical care?

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Sieniawski, M.; Angamuthu, N.; Boyd, K.; Chasty, R.; Davies, J.; Forsyth, P.; Jack, F.; Lyons, S.; Mounter, P.; Revell, P.; Proctor, S. J.; Lennard, A. L. (2010). "Evaluation of enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma comparing standard therapies with a novel regimen including autologous stem cell transplantation". Blood. 115 (18): 3664–3670. doi:10.1182/blood-2009-07-231324. ISSN 0006-4971.
  2. Di Sabatino, A.; Biagi, F.; Gobbi, P. G.; Corazza, G. R. (2012). "How I treat enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma". Blood. 119 (11): 2458–2468. doi:10.1182/blood-2011-10-385559. ISSN 0006-4971.