PMC2533105_01
Biopsy specimens revealed multiple diffuse CD20 positive (a) B-cell infiltrates
involving mucosa and submucosa of colon without formation lymphoepithelial
lesions. B-lymphocytes expressed also CD5 with low intensity (b) and CD23 (c),
characteristic of small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL).
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Microscopically dense mucosal and submucosal lymphocytic infiltrates were detected in ileum as well as 4/7 biopsies of colon  (Figures 1(a), 1(b), and 1(c)), with predominance of small CD20 positive lymphocytes.