Intestinal lymphoma presenting as intermittent bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain
Author | Ali Akbar Shayesteh |
Author | Pezhman Alavinejad |
Author | Elena Lak |
Issued Date | 2015-12-31 |
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. |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.22118/jjo.2015.49192 |
Keyword | Abdominal pain |
Keyword | Bloody diarrhea |
Keyword | Lymphoma |
Keyword | Ulcerative colitis |
Publisher | Brieflands |
Title | Intestinal lymphoma presenting as intermittent bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain |
Type | Case Report |