Enteropathy-type intestinal T-cell lymphoma is a complication of

A. celiac disease
B. Whipple's disease
C. angiodysplasia of the large intestine
D. ulcerative colitis
E. Crohn's disease


A
Enteropathy-type intestinal T-cell lymphoma is a rare disease, but it occurs at a higher rate in those with celiac disease than in those with normal intestines or any other intestinal disease. Celiac disease has an autoimmune pathogenesis and is associated with proliferation of lymphocytes, but the exact relationship between altered immune response the pathogenesis of T-cell neoplasia has not been elucidated.

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