Intestinal lymphoma presenting as intermittent bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain
| Author | Ali Akbar Shayesteh | en |
| Author | Pezhman Alavinejad | en |
| Author | Elena Lak | en |
| Orcid | Pezhman Alavinejad [0000-0001-6857-6151] | en |
| Issued Date | 2015-12-31 | en |
| Abstract | Primary lymphoma of the colon is a rare tumor of the GI tract that comprises only 0.2-1.2% of all colonic malignancies and most commonly involve the cecum followed by the right colon and sigmoid. They can mimic features of ulcerative colitis and in this article we reporting a colonic lymphoma, which misdiagnosed as a refractory IBD. This is a middle- aged man presenting with abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea, which is diagnosed as ulcerative colitis, but due to the refractory symptoms and non-responsiveness, he has undergone further evaluation, which revealed the primary diffuse large B -cell lymphoma of the colon as the main culprit of patients’ symptoms and referred for systemic chemotherapy. Colonic lymphomas can be presented as a mucosal type and characterized by small superficial erosive and hyperemic changes within a mucosal layer that can mimic the features of ulcerative colitis, so in any refractory IBD, their possibility should keep in mind. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.22118/jjo.2015.49192 | en |
| Keyword | Abdominal pain | en |
| Keyword | Bloody diarrhea | en |
| Keyword | Lymphoma | en |
| Keyword | Ulcerative colitis | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Intestinal lymphoma presenting as intermittent bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain | en |
| Type | Case Report | en |