ABSTRACT
El Linfoma de Células Grandes B difuso del anciano asociado al Epstein Barr es una nueva entidad incluida provisionalmente en la más reciente clasificación de neoplasias linfoides de la WHO. Usualmente afecta ancianos y tiene pobre sobrevida. El objetivo de este reporte fue evaluar las característica clínicas, endoscópicas y sobrevida de cinco pacientes portadores de esta entidad y compromiso gastrointestinal. Tres casos tuvieron infiltración gástrica y dos casos tuvieron compromiso del ileón y el ciego.
EBV-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in elderly is a new entity included provisionally in the most recent WHO Classification of lymphoid neoplasms. It usually affects elderly patients and has a poor survival. The goal of this report was to evaluate clinical, endoscopic characteristics and survival of five patients with this entity and gastrointestinal afectation. From five cases, three cases had gastric infiltration, one ileon and one in cecum.
Subject(s)
Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/complications , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/diagnosis , Cecal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Cecal Neoplasms/mortality , Cecal Neoplasms/virology , Ileal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Ileal Neoplasms/mortality , Ileal Neoplasms/virology , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/mortality , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/virology , Retrospective Studies , Stomach Neoplasms/diagnosis , Stomach Neoplasms/mortality , Stomach Neoplasms/virologyABSTRACT
Tumor de celulas granulares e uma lesao rara, descrita pela primeira vez por Abrikossoff em 1926. Desde entao, somente 46 casos de tumor de celulas granulares no colon foram descritos, sendo 15 em ceco. Relatamos o caso de uma paciente de 21 anos de idade, que apresentava um quadro clinico compativel com apendicite aguda. A laparotomia, foi achado um tumor de ceco que, ao exame anatomo-patologico, demonstrou ser um tumor de celulas granulares