Ileocecal Burkitt's Lymphoma Presenting as Acute Abdominal Pain

Mostafa Mosbeh Abdelmaksoud; Maram Kheder Alshareef; Alaa Osama Jamjoom; Mohamed Tarek Hafez

doi:10.1159/000508998

Ileocecal Burkitt's Lymphoma Presenting as Acute Abdominal Pain

Case Rep Oncol. 2020 Aug 14;13(2):968-972. doi: 10.1159/000508998. eCollection 2020 May-Aug.

Authors

Mostafa Mosbeh Abdelmaksoud¹, Maram Kheder Alshareef¹, Alaa Osama Jamjoom¹, Mohamed Tarek Hafez¹

Affiliation

¹ General Surgery Department, East Jeddah General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Primary gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are rare tumors which account for about 0.9% of all gastrointestinal tract tumors. They are usually associated with inflammatory bowel disease, previous radiotherapy, and renal transplantation. We report a case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving the ileocecal region in a 46-year-old gentleman who presented with acute abdominal pain that mandated emergency laparotomy.

Keywords: Gastrointestinal tract tumor; Ileocecal lymphoma; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Publication types

Case Reports