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Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease

A condition that is caused by hyperplasia of lymphocytes in the small intestine (small intestine) and the mesenteric lymph nodes. These lymphocytes produce an anomalous heavy chain protein. Generally, these IPSID patients have either concurrent lymphoma or develop lymphoma within a few years. The disease was originally described in the Mediterranean region.

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