A Case of Intestinal Lymphoma with Two Perforation in a Short Period Time

An 86 years old man was diagnosed with jejunum tumor by detail examination of anemia. Eight days after endoscopy he developed abdominal pain, an emergency surgery was performed by a diagnosis of gastrointestinal perforation. They detected perforation in jejunum and performed jejunum resection, small...

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Published inGan to kagaku ryoho Vol. 51; no. 8; p. 846
Main Authors Fukuoka, Tomoki, Suzuki, Akihiro, Uda, Hiroaki, Mizuno, Akira, Nishi, Tetsuo, Endo, Katsuhiko, Sano, Masaaki
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.08.2024
Subjects
Aged, 80 and over
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use
Humans
Intestinal Perforation - etiology
Intestinal Perforation - surgery
Jejunal Neoplasms - complications
Jejunal Neoplasms - drug therapy
Jejunal Neoplasms - pathology
Jejunal Neoplasms - surgery
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Summary:An 86 years old man was diagnosed with jejunum tumor by detail examination of anemia. Eight days after endoscopy he developed abdominal pain, an emergency surgery was performed by a diagnosis of gastrointestinal perforation. They detected perforation in jejunum and performed jejunum resection, small intestinal lymphoma was diagnosed by histopathological examination. We were talked about chemotherapy against lymphoma, he was transferred at our hospital. The first chemotherapy was provided, abdominal pain appeared at 2 days after chemotherapy. Computed tomography revealed air bubbles out of intestinal tract, we performed emergency operation. A perforation of jejunum in the part where is different from the last time was existed, we performed jejunum resection. Chemotherapy was performed postoperatively, resulted in successful progress. Lymphoma of gastrointestinal tract often causes intestinal perforations, but reports that perforations heterochrony in separate parts multiple tumors of intestine is rare. We report a case of intestinal lymphoma with 2 perforations in a short period time.
ISSN:0385-0684