PRIMARY NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA PRESENTING AS ILEOCOLIC INTUSSUSCEPTION

PH Gerst, M Niazi, V Narasimha, R Saraiya, E Albu

Abstract


We report the case of an HIV-seropositive patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the smallintestine who presented with an ileocolic intussusception. This lesion fulfilled the diagnosticcriteria for primary gastrointestinal lymphoma. Such a neoplasm in an immunocompromisedpatient is usually more aggressive and less responsive to treatment than in an HIV-seronegativepatient.

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