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Table 1 Pertinent clinical information of the patients with PI-FL and the control cases with reactive lymphoid hyperplasia

From: Density and size of lymphoid follicles are useful clues in differentiating primary intestinal follicular lymphoma from intestinal reactive lymphoid hyperplasia

Parameters

PI-FL

Control

Case number

n = 21

n = 17

Age (years)

 Range

24–90

29–65

 Median

61

54

Gender

 Male/Female

10/11

8/9

Symptoms

 None

8

15

 Epigastric discomfort

4

2

 Stool occult blood

2

0

 Bowel habit change

1

0

 Epigastric discomfort and bowel habit change

1

0

 Abdominal pain

1

0

 Recurrent post-prandial hiccup

1

0

 Small bowel obstruction

1

0

 NA

2

0

Site

 Duodenum

11 (52%)

11

 Ileocecum

6 (29%)

4

 Jejunum

2 (10%)

0

 Colon, multiple

2 (10%)

2

Endoscopic findings

 Polypoid lesions

10

2

 Whitish plaques

3

0

 Nodularity

2

1

 Hyperemia

1

6

 Bloody fluid

1

0

 NA

4

8

Sampling method

 Biopsy/Mucosal resection/Resection

16/1/4

17/0/0

Stage

 I/II/NA

13/5/3

 

FLIPI

 0/1/2/3/NA

7/7/2/2/3

 

Treatment

 None/CT/RT/NA

9/8/2/2

 

Follow-up time (months)

 Range

12–208

 

 Median

41

 
  1. Abbreviation: CT Chemotherapy, NA Not available, PI-FL Primary intestinal follicular lymphoma, RT Radiotherapy