Childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising as a complication early in the course of Crohn's disease

The neoplastic change in patients with Crohn's disease is usually seen in the form of adenocarcinoma. Primary gastrointestinal lymphoma complicating chronic inflammatory bowel diseases is thought to be uncommon. This report describes a case of gastrointestinal lymphoma in a 12-year-old b...

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Main Authors: Aysen Aydoğan, Funda Corapçioğlu, E Levent Elemen, Selim Oncel, Yeşim Gürbüz, Melih Tugay
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Language:English
Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2010-08-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/5010
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Funda Corapçioğlu
E Levent Elemen
Selim Oncel
Yeşim Gürbüz
Melih Tugay
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description The neoplastic change in patients with Crohn's disease is usually seen in the form of adenocarcinoma. Primary gastrointestinal lymphoma complicating chronic inflammatory bowel diseases is thought to be uncommon. This report describes a case of gastrointestinal lymphoma in a 12-year-old boy with Crohn's disease of one-year duration that initially manifested as an abdominal mass. Although Crohn's disease may present as a palpable abdominal mass, changing symptomatology should always warrant consideration of developing lymphoma complicating inflammatory bowel diseases. It is our hope that this case report gives the clinician an insight into the possibility of lymphoma development, even in the early course of the disease, and stresses the importance of obtaining a reliable histological diagnosis whenever possible.
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spelling doaj-art-cb08aec284ad407ea5cdba30c2683bc82025-08-20T03:16:22ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212010-08-01524Childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising as a complication early in the course of Crohn's diseaseAysen Aydoğan0Funda CorapçioğluE Levent ElemenSelim OncelYeşim GürbüzMelih TugayDepartment of Pediatrics, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey. The neoplastic change in patients with Crohn's disease is usually seen in the form of adenocarcinoma. Primary gastrointestinal lymphoma complicating chronic inflammatory bowel diseases is thought to be uncommon. This report describes a case of gastrointestinal lymphoma in a 12-year-old boy with Crohn's disease of one-year duration that initially manifested as an abdominal mass. Although Crohn's disease may present as a palpable abdominal mass, changing symptomatology should always warrant consideration of developing lymphoma complicating inflammatory bowel diseases. It is our hope that this case report gives the clinician an insight into the possibility of lymphoma development, even in the early course of the disease, and stresses the importance of obtaining a reliable histological diagnosis whenever possible. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/5010
spellingShingle Aysen Aydoğan
Funda Corapçioğlu
E Levent Elemen
Selim Oncel
Yeşim Gürbüz
Melih Tugay
Childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising as a complication early in the course of Crohn's disease
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
title Childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising as a complication early in the course of Crohn's disease
title_full Childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising as a complication early in the course of Crohn's disease
title_fullStr Childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising as a complication early in the course of Crohn's disease
title_full_unstemmed Childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising as a complication early in the course of Crohn's disease
title_short Childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising as a complication early in the course of Crohn's disease
title_sort childhood non hodgkin s lymphoma arising as a complication early in the course of crohn s disease
url https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/5010
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