Primary colorectal lymphoma: An overview.
Lymphomas represent common hematological malignancies with increasing incidence in recent years. The major site of extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma is the gastrointestinal tract. Involvement of the large intestine is rare in comparison to the stomach or small bowel. The disease appears later in life, predominantly in the male population. Complaints are nonspecific, requiring a high index of suspicion in order to establish the diagnosis. The treatment varies from chemotherapy alone to multimodal therapies combining surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The small number of patients with various histological subtypes and different stage at presentation results in unclear protocol for the treatment of primary colorectal lymphoma. The purpose of this paper is to review current data on primary lymphoma of the colon and rectum while analyzing reported case series and published material on the subject.
Goran Z Stanojevic, Milica D Nestorovic, Branko R Brankovic, Miroslav P Stojanovic, Milan M Jovanovic, Milan D Radojkovic, Clinic for General Surgery, Clinical Center Nis, Bul Zorana Djindjica 48, 18000 Nis, Serbia.
Goran Z
GZ
Stanojevic
Milica D
MD
Nestorovic
Branko R
BR
Brankovic
Miroslav P
MP
Stojanovic
Milan M
MM
Jovanovic
Milan D
MD
Radojkovic
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