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[[Image:Gastrointestinal lymphoepithelial lesion - very high mag.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Lymphoepithelial lesion. [[H&E stain]].]]
[[Image:Gastrointestinal lymphoepithelial lesion - very high mag.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Lymphoepithelial lesion. [[H&E stain]].]]
A '''lymphoepithelial lesion''' is a gastrointestinal crypt with a monomorphous population of lymphocytes; it is suggestive of lymphoma.<ref name=pmid1452124>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Papadaki | first1 = L. | last2 = Wotherspoon | first2 = AC. | last3 = Isaacson | first3 = PG. | title = The lymphoepithelial lesion of gastric low-grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT): an ultrastructural study. | journal = Histopathology | volume = 21 | issue = 5 | pages = 415-21 | month = Nov | year = 1992 | doi =  | PMID = 1452124 }}</ref>
A '''lymphoepithelial lesion''' is a gastrointestinal crypt with a monomorphous population of lymphocytes; it is suggestive of lymphoma.<ref name=pmid1452124>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Papadaki | first1 = L. | last2 = Wotherspoon | first2 = AC. | last3 = Isaacson | first3 = PG. | title = The lymphoepithelial lesion of gastric low-grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT): an ultrastructural study. | journal = Histopathology | volume = 21 | issue = 5 | pages = 415-21 | month = Nov | year = 1992 | doi =  | PMID = 1452124 }}</ref>
It should '''not''' be confused with the [[benign lymphoepithelial lesion]] of the [[salivary gland]].


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist|1}}


[[Category:Gastrointestinal pathology]]
[[Category:Gastrointestinal pathology]]

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Lymphoepithelial lesion. H&E stain.

A lymphoepithelial lesion is a gastrointestinal crypt with a monomorphous population of lymphocytes; it is suggestive of lymphoma.[1]

It should not be confused with the benign lymphoepithelial lesion of the salivary gland.

See also

References

  1. Papadaki, L.; Wotherspoon, AC.; Isaacson, PG. (Nov 1992). "The lymphoepithelial lesion of gastric low-grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT): an ultrastructural study.". Histopathology 21 (5): 415-21. PMID 1452124.