title: [Ano-rectal symptoms, related to Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Burkitt's lymphoma in an immunocompetent patient].
abstract: We report the case of an immunocompetent 23-year-old Caucasian woman, with symptoms including rectal bleeding, tenesmus and epreint, 6 months after an anal sexual trauma. The rectal examination showed a hardened, inflammatory and painful anal margin, associated with stenosis of the anal canal, suggesting abscess. The neurological examination showed numbing of the chin. Pelvic MRI and CT scan confirmed a bulky posterior tissular pelvic mass more than 7 cm in diameter, infiltrating the rectum and the anal canal. Final diagnosis confirmed by biopsy performed during rectosigmoidoscopy was an Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Burkitt's lymphoma. Chemotherapy resulted in rapid regression of the tumoral mass.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Degeorges
authors.forename: Adeline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mesnil
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Marion-Audibert
authors.forename: Fadhéla
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bouafia-Sauvy
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bancel
authors.forename: Raphaëlle
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barnoud
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rode
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Péré-Vergé
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Souquet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome