Non-Hodgkin lymphoma as a cause of acute intestinal obstruction/perforation in patients with adenocarcinoma of the sigmoidcolon: a case report

• Autor(a) principal: Basso,Marcelo Pandolfi
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Christiano,Adriana Borgonovi, Guerrer,Letícia Vieira, Gonçalves-Filho,Francisco De Assis, Netinho,João Gomes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Journal of Coloproctology (Rio de Janeiro. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-93632011000400010
• topic: gastrointestinal neoplasm; lymphoma; adenocarcinoma; intestinal obstruction; intestinal perforation

Report of a rare case of an 83-year-old patient with lymphoma of the terminal ileum causing obstructive/perforated acute abdomen synchronous with sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma and review of literature data about small bowel malignancies, particularly lymphomas. It seems to correspond to a rare disease (2% of all bowel cancers), more prevalent in elderly and immunocompromised patients, whose symptoms are vague and early diagnosis is difficult, often making it impossible to establish the correct therapy.