Lymphoma of the cecum: a case report

Int Surg. 2002 Jan-Mar;87(1):12-4.

Abstract

Non-Hodgkin lymphomas present a wider systemic diffusion than Hodgkin lymphomas. Superficial and internal nodes, the tracheobronchial tree, and the digestive tract are almost always affected. The gastrointestinal tract is affected in 50% of the cases; the stomach is the first organ, followed by the small intestine and large intestine. The colon is affected in only approximately 0.4% of cases. The clinical picture of our patient showed abdominal pain, palpable mass, and anemia. Colonoscopy showed a tumor in the cecum (diameter, approximately 10 cm) and the biopsy indicated lymphoma. Through computed tomography, bone marrow biopsy, and measurement of beta2-microglobulin, complete staging was obtained. Right hemicolectomy was immediately performed because the large tumor could determine intestinal occlusion. Definitive diagnosis was non-Hodgkin lymphoma, type mucosa-associated lymphatic tissue B cells with a low grade of malignancy. After surgery the patient underwent six courses of chemotherapy according to the CHOP scheme (750 mg/m2 cyclophosphamide, 1.4 mg/m2 vincristine, 50 mg/m2 adriamicin, and 80 mg prednisone). Two years after surgery the patient shows no sign of the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols*
  • Cecal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Cecal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Cecal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Colonoscopy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cyclophosphamide*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Doxorubicin*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prednisone*
  • Vincristine*
  • beta 2-Microglobulin / metabolism*

Substances

  • beta 2-Microglobulin
  • Vincristine
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

  • CHOP protocol