title: Esophageal perforation. An unusual presentation of esophageal lymphoma.
abstract: A primary histiocytic lymphoma arising in the esophagus and its resultant spontaneous perforation is reported in a 69-year-old female. To our knowledge esophageal perforation occurring as a complication of a primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the esophagus has not been previously reported.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography