Incidence of bowel perforation in gastrointestinal lymphomas by location and histology

R Vaidya; T E Witzig

doi:10.1093/annonc/mdu135

Incidence of bowel perforation in gastrointestinal lymphomas by location and histology

Ann Oncol. 2014 Jun;25(6):1249-50. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu135. Epub 2014 Apr 1.

Authors

R Vaidya¹, T E Witzig²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, USA Witzig.thomas@mayo.edu.

Abstract

This brief communication is a follow up to our original manuscript titled 'Bowel perforation in intestinal lymphoma: incidence and clinical features' (Annals of Oncology 24(9): 2439-2443). It contains additional information regarding risk of perforation by the site of involvement and type of lymphoma.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / complications*
Humans
Incidence
Intestinal Perforation / epidemiology*
Intestinal Perforation / etiology
Intestine, Large / pathology
Lymphoma / complications*

Grants and funding

CA97274/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States