Multicentric colonic lymphoma complicating ulcerative colitis.
A 72-year-old female with ulcerative colitis of 30 years duration underwent total proctocolectomy for a cecal mass thought to be an adenocarcinoma. Pathologic examination of the colon revealed 22 tumors, all of which proved to be malignant lymphoma, histiocytic type. Thirteen cases of non-Hodgkins malignant lymphoma and 2 cases of Hodgkins disease of the colon arising in ulcerative colitis are reviewed and discussed.
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011230:Precancerous Conditions; D011379:Prognosis