Mediterranean lymphoma -- an unusual course.
A case of Mediterranean lymphoma with an unusual short and stormy course complicated by spontaneous perforation of the small bowel in a 32-year-old Jewish Moroccan-born male is presented. Such a course has not been described previously. Literature pertinent to the subject is reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small; D007557:Israel; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery