title: Primary malignant lymphoma of the appendix associated with acute appendicitis.
abstract: Malignant lymphoma comprises 1-4% of the malignant neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract. Appendiceal lymphomas are extremely rare, reported in 0.015 percent of all gastrointestinal lymphomas. This is a report of a case of localized malignant lymphoma of the appendix associated with the histological features of acute inflammation that presented clinically as acute appendicitis. A three years follow-up after appendectomy alone did not show any evidence of recurrent disease. This case report emphasizes the importance of routine histology examination of the appendectomy specimen.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Barnsley District General Hospital, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK. mshiwani@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Muhammad Hanif
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Shiwani
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged