title: Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma presenting as ileocolic intussusception.
abstract: We report the case of an HIV-seropositive patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the small intestine who presented with an ileocolic intussusception. This lesion fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for primary gastrointestinal lymphoma. Such a neoplasm in an immuno-compromised patient is usually more aggressive and less responsive to treatment than in an HIV-seronegative patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gerst
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niazi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Narasimha
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saraiya
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007443:Intussusception / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed