Small intestinal malignat lymphoma- diagnosis and treatment

ABSTRACT

A restrospective study on the 13 patients with primary malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the small intestine operated in Viet Duc hospital from 1990 to 1999 has shown that the clinical features with general changes of symptoms weakness, anorexia, weight loss, abdominal pain and abdominal node. No patients were diagnosed by X-ray. 8 patients with ileal tumor and 2 patients with duodenal tumor were diagnosed. The histopathology was not distinguished. The basic treatment is operation for removal. The classification the disease’s period which helps the combination of chemicals with radiation after operation for prolonging the life of patients.