
Management of Rectal lymphoma in a renal transplant patient- experience from the developing world
Author(s) -
Muhammad Danish,
Zain Majid,
Ghazi Abrar,
Farina Hanif,
Nasir Hassan Luck
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2091-0576
DOI - 10.3126/ajms.v12i6.34339
Subject(s) - medicine , renal transplant , lymphoma , rituximab , lesion , radiology , endoscopy , transplantation , surgery
Rectal lymphomas are of a rare occurrence. We hereby report the case of a middle aged renal transplant patient, who presented 4 years post live related renal transplantation with per rectal bleeding and on workup was found to have rectal lymphoma. Later on he underwent a battery of investigations including Lower GI endoscopy, CT scan, PET scan which confirmed his findings. He was managed with 4 cycles of rituximab and repeat PET scan showed decrease in the size of the lesion.