Synchronous T-cell lymphoma in patient with colon cancer: a case report.
Colorectal cancer is the third most common malignancy in Korea. In contrast, pericolic or mesenteric lymphoma is relatively rare. We experienced an extremely rare case of synchronous primary colon cancer in the ascending colon with T-cell lymphoma in the pericolic lymph node. A 79-year-old woman presented with complaints of epigastric and right lower abdominal pain combined with anorexia and nausea. Colonoscopic evaluation and biopsy were performed, and the diagnosis was cecal adenocarcinoma. She underwent right hemicolectomy with lymph node dissection. The pathology report revealed adenocarcinoma in cecum with metastasis to 1 regional lymph node out of 37 lymph nodes. In addition, there was malignant angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma in 1 pericolic lymph node. There was no evidence of lymphoma in ileum, cecum and ascending colon, so the possibility of early phase of lymphoma was suggested.
Department of Surgery, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Deuk Young
DY
Lee
Seong Woo
SW
Hong
Yeo Goo
YG
Chang
Woo Yong
WY
Lee
Byungmo
B
Lee
Yun Kyung
YK
Kang