Metachronous colonic lymphomas complicating chronic ulcerative colitis

✍ Scribed by David H. Hill; J. O. Manton Mills; Roy J. Maxwell

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 564 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0942-8925
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00201785

✦ Synopsis

The gastrointestinal tract is the most common extranodal site of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Of these, 10-15% occur in the large bowel. Colonic lymphoma is a recognized complication of inflammatory bowel disease, particularly ulcerative colitis and, less commonly, Crohn's disease. We describe a unique case of two metachronous primary lymphomas of the large bowel in a patient with chronic ulcerative colitis.