Malignant lymphoma in ulcerative colitis. Report of a case.
The authors present the case of a 40-year-old woman with primary malignant lymphoma complicating chronic ulcerative colitis. Twenty-one cases reported in the literature are reviewed and the various available data analyzed. Variations in the distribution of lymphoma in both the normal and colitic bowel supports a relationship between both conditions. Any lymphocytic infiltrate seen in biopsies obtained from ulcerative colitis should be assessed to exclude associated lymphoma. The prognosis is poor.
Abulafi
A M
AM
Department of Surgery, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Beds, United Kingdom.
Fiddian
R V
RV
D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology