The case presented describes a patient with lymphosarcoma of the duodenum associated with carcinoma of the lung. This emphasizes the basic problems which lymphosarcoma of the duodenum presents. They are vague symptoms until late in the course of the disease, the absence of early physical findings, the difficulty in interpretation of radiological studies and the frequent association with other primary malignancies elsewhere.
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