Malignant lymphoma originating in the jejunum of a long-term follow-up case of protein-losing enteropathy

Intern Med. 1997 Aug;36(8):556-60. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.556.

Abstract

A 50-year-old female patient, who had been followed for 15 years for protein-losing enteropathy, was hospitalized due to epigastric pain. Examination on admission revealed that the patient was in the sub-ileus state. On the 26th day after admission, she complained of severe abdominal pain and shortly after she went into shock. The emergency laparotomy documented intestinal perforation and a tumor. The perforated site was right at the middle of tumor. The histological and histochemical studies identified the tumor as malignant lymphoma of B lymphocyte lineage. As far as we know, this is the third case of malignant lymphoma occurring in the jejunum in a patient with protein-losing enteropathy in Japan. The possible relationship between lymphomas and protein-losing enteropathy is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Perforation / etiology
  • Intestinal Perforation / surgery
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathies / pathology*
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathies / surgery