nodular lymphoid hyperplasia

Etiology

• 20% of patients with common variable immunodeficiency

Pathology

• prominent lymphoid follicles in the lamina propria

Clinical manifestations

• diarrhea, malabsorption
• some patients may be asymptomatic

Diagnostic procedures

• duodenoscopsy

Differential diagnosis

• intestinal polyposis

Management

• case report of diarrhea treated with metronidazole

More general terms

• hyperplasia
• lymphoid nodule