[Treatment of malignant lymphoma of the small intestine in aged patients over 70].
Case histories of three elderly patients with a malignant lymphoma of the small intestine are described. Case No. 1 involved a 80-year-old male with a diffuse malignant lymphoma of medium size that was associated with a jejunal perforation. On the 64th day after surgery, he died of heart failure during the course of chemotherapy. Case No. 2 was a 76-year-old male with a diffuse malignant lymphoma of medium size in the ileocecum. He left hospital after surgery had relieved his symptoms, although 8 months after he developed active pulmonary tuberculosis during the course of chemotherapy. Case No. 3 involved a 76-year-old female with a diffuse malignant lymphoma of the mixed cell type in the terminal ileum. She died of heart failure complicated by a pulmonary disease on the 36th postoperative day. The therapeutic results of treating the malignant lymphoma in these 3 aged patients were all unfavorable. Thus, it is felt that special care should be taken in treating aged patients with this kind of disease.
Tsuno
K
K
Dept. of Surgery, Showa Univ. School of Med.
Shibusawa
M
M
Koike
T
T
Satou
T
T
Satou
Y
Y
Nakajima
T
T
Ban
S
S
Ookura
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D007080:Ileocecal Valve; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis