Letter to the Editor

An Unusual Cause of Chronic Diarrhea in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Authors: Yaçsar Tuna, MD, Erdem Koçak, MD, Seyfettin Köklü; MD, İlhami Yüksel, MD

Abstract

To the Editor:


Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a disease of the elderly with an incidence of about 20 to 30 per 100,000 population in the group aged 70 years or older.1 Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement with CLL is unusual, and GI complications generally occur after malignant transformation to diffuse large cell lymphoma (Richter syndrome). Herein we present a rare case of chronic diarrhea due to colonic involvement of CLL.

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