Regional enteritis complicating malignant lymphoma.
We describe a patient presenting with palpable lymph nodes due to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Chemotherapy induced complete remission. One year later he complained of cramping abdominal pain, diarrhoea and bloody stools all due to Crohn's disease of the colon. There are only a few more patients described with a combination of inflammatory bowel disease and malignant lymphoma. So far there is no explanation for the co-incidence of the two diseases.
Veldman
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Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Hospital, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
van Beek
M
M
Keuning
J J
JJ
Driessen
W M
WM
D000328:Adult; D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D017728:Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008551:Melena / Q000150:complications; D019804:Mesalamine; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D019804:Mesalamine; C028994:betamethasone sodium phosphate; D001623:Betamethasone; D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone