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ANAL LYMPHOMA PRESENTING AS A PERIANAL ABSCESS
Author(s) -
Porter Anthony J.,
Meagher Alan P.,
Sweeney James L.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1994.tb02206.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perianal abscess , abscess , lymphoma , biopsy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , surgery , dermatology , radiology , pathology , virology
A case of perianal abscess secondary to anal lymphoma affecting a human immunodeficiency virus negative patient is presented. Causes of perianal abscess other than anal glandular infection are important, although the proportion of abscesses reported to be secondary to these other causes is found to vary widely in the literature. A biopsy of the wall of an anorectal abscess should be taken when suspicion of an unusual cause arises.