Jejunal Perforation: A Rare Presentation of Burkitt's Lymphoma—Successful Management

Malignant tumors of the small bowel presenting as acute abdomen are a rare occurrence. Burkitt's lymphoma presenting as a surgical emergency needing emergency laparotomy is an uncommon presentation of this tumor. We present an interesting case of jejunal perforation as a first manifestation of...

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Autores principales: Nayak, Samir Ranjan, Rao, Ganni Bhaskara, Yerraguntla, Subramanya Sarma, Bodepudi, Sisir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4065695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24995139
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/538359
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author Nayak, Samir Ranjan
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description Malignant tumors of the small bowel presenting as acute abdomen are a rare occurrence. Burkitt's lymphoma presenting as a surgical emergency needing emergency laparotomy is an uncommon presentation of this tumor. We present an interesting case of jejunal perforation as a first manifestation of Burkitt's lymphoma which was successfully managed with surgical resection, high dose chemotherapy, and good supportive care.
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spelling pubmed-40656952014-07-03 Jejunal Perforation: A Rare Presentation of Burkitt's Lymphoma—Successful Management Nayak, Samir Ranjan Rao, Ganni Bhaskara Yerraguntla, Subramanya Sarma Bodepudi, Sisir Case Rep Oncol Med Case Report Malignant tumors of the small bowel presenting as acute abdomen are a rare occurrence. Burkitt's lymphoma presenting as a surgical emergency needing emergency laparotomy is an uncommon presentation of this tumor. We present an interesting case of jejunal perforation as a first manifestation of Burkitt's lymphoma which was successfully managed with surgical resection, high dose chemotherapy, and good supportive care. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4065695/ /pubmed/24995139 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/538359 Text en Copyright © 2014 Samir Ranjan Nayak et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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