[Malignant lymphomatous polyposis--a rare disease entity of malignant centrocytic lymphoma with characteristic endoscopic appearance].
It is considered as special gastrointestinal manifestation on the nodal centrocytic lymphoma of intermediate malignancy. We demonstrate a 77 years old male patient, who underwent colonoscopy because of rectal bleeding. We found the colonic mucosa dotted with small, flat, lentiform polyps. In the terminal ileum these polyps were much larger. No changes were seen in the esophagus. In the antrum we found flat elevations and in the duodenum again lentiform nodules. Presenting in stage IV of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma the patient was treated with five cycles of combined chemotherapy with prednimustin and mitroxanthrone without side effects. Restaging showed distinct remission of the disease with significant reduction of the mucosal alterations.
D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging
Die maligne lymphomatöse Polypose--eine seltene Krankheitsentität des malignen zentrozytischen Lymphoms mit charakteristischem endoskopischen Aspekt.