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A Burkitt's Lymphoma Case Mimicking Crohn's Disease: A Case Report

Lymphomas are solid tumors that arise from lymphoid tissue and present themselves as Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Particularly gastrointestinal lymphomas can be clinically confused with other gastrointestinal tumors as well as with diffuse and inflammatory bowel disease. Early diag...

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Autores principales: Erkan, Gulbanu, Çoban, Mehmet, Çalıskan, Aysun, Ataç, Gokçe Kaan, Gulpınar, Kamil, Degertekin, Bulent, Korkmaz, Atilla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21912555
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/685273
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Sumario:Lymphomas are solid tumors that arise from lymphoid tissue and present themselves as Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Particularly gastrointestinal lymphomas can be clinically confused with other gastrointestinal tumors as well as with diffuse and inflammatory bowel disease. Early diagnosis and treatment bear vital importance in the management of lymphomas due to their high proliferation rates. In this report, we are presenting a case which initially displayed clinical and radiological signs of Crohn's disease, but was eventually diagnosed as Burkitt's lymphoma by laparotomy, and also we aim to underscore the importance of differential diagnosis.