Abstract
Abstract
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A diagnosis of poorly differentiated, nodular, lymphocytic malignant lymphoma was made in two brothers. One had been operated 10 years earlier for an adenocarcinoma of the descending colon. In addition, another brother had died from a primary tumor of the liver. Although a genetic factor is not proved, the case is suggestive.
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