Malignant lymphoma of the small intestine as a cause of small intestine perforation
Kramer, W.; Richter, H.J.
Zentralblatt für Chirurgie 119(12): 900-903
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-409X PMID: 7846973 Document Number: 431987
The malignant non-Hodgkin-lymphoma is the main cause of spontaneous extraduodenal small intestine perforation. This rare incidence occurs as a consequence of an enteropathic associated affection manifested extranodally, mostly in the higher part of the jejunum. The diagnosis is made after a spontaneous perforation. The risk of a recurrent perforation is high. In a female patient we made the diagnosis not before resecting the small intestine.