Inadequate management of blood pressure in a hypertensive population
Pinto-Sietsma, S.J.; Hillege, H.L.; Janssen, W.M.
New England Journal of Medicine 340(20): 1593-1595
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-4793 PMID: 10336363 Document Number: 511964
Carcinoid tumours of the gastrointestinal tract are often associated with other tumour types at various sites. However, only rarely has a lymphoma constituted the second tumour. In the present paper, we report the case of a 62-year-old woman who was operated on for a perforated T-cell lymphoma of the ileum and in whom an appendicular carcinoid tumour was incidentally discovered at surgery. It was possible to completely remove both tumours and postoperatively the patient underwent Chop treatment. Ten months after surgery the patient is well, with no tumour manifestations. We also discuss problems concerning classification of the lymphoma on account of loss of the T-cell antigen CD45Ro (UCHL-1).