Open AccessA case of intestinal MALToma with co-existent tuberculosis and Peutz-Jeghers polyp
Author(s) -
AP Srinivasan,
B. O. Parijatham,
Hemalatha Ganapathy
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.150900
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculous lymphadenitis , lymphoma , peutz–jeghers syndrome , ileum , tuberculosis , ileal diseases , pathology , radiology
A 22-year-old male patient underwent a segmental resection of the ileum due to clinical symptoms of bowel obstruction and radiological evidence of ileal wall thickening and enlarged mesenteric nodes. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen revealed an extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma(MALToma) of the intestine and tuberculous lesions along with a solitary Peutz-Jeghers polyp. The case is presented for its rarity and to stress upon the clinical and radiological challenges that arise when lymphomas and tuberculous lesions co-exist at the same site.