title: Small bowel perforation caused by Epstein-Barr virus-associated B cell lymphoma in a patient with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.
abstract: On rare occasions, secondary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated B cell lymphoma can develop in a patient with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL). We report a case of a 66-year-old Japanese woman who developed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in her small intestine after chemotherapy for AITL. She was found to have panperitonitis due to perforation of the small intestine. Partial ileectomy specimen showed DLBCL cells infiltrating into the intestinal wall. In situ hybridization for EBV-encoded RNA revealed positivity in the lymphoma cells. The lymph nodes diagnosed as AITL were negative for EBV infection and there was no coexistence of B cell neoplasms in them. We thought small bowel perforation in this case was caused by EBV-associated B cell lymphoma secondary to AITL. Our case showed a remarkable deficiency of cellular immunity after chemotherapy, which we postulate was related to the cause of occurrence of B-cell lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Riruke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishima
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Koshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Chie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Onishi
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nabika
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishikura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000150:complications*