RESUMO
The gastrointestinal tract is the most common extranodal site involved with lymphoma accounting for 5-20% of all cases. Lymphoma can occur at any site of the body, but diffuse and extensive involvement of the peritoneal cavity is unusual and rare. We report a case of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a 57-year-old female infiltrating the peritoneum and omentum and presenting with ascites and pleural effusion. The performed examinations did not discover any pathological findings affecting the digestive tract or parenchymal organs, except for diffuse thickening of the peritoneum and omentum. Peripheral, mediastinal, or retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy was not registered. The blood count revealed only elevated leukocytes and on examination there were no immature blood cells in the peripheral blood. The cytology from the ascites and pleural effusion did not detect any malignant cells. Due to the rapid disease progression the patient died after twenty-two days of admission. The diagnosis was discovered postmortem with the histological examination and immunohistochemical study of the material taken during the surgical laparoscopy performed four days before the lethal outcome. Although cytology is diagnostic in most cases, laparoscopy with peritoneal biopsy is the only procedure which can establish the definitive diagnosis of peritoneal lymphomatosis.
RESUMO
Retrorectal tumors are very rare but well defined pathological entities in the literature. Also, an extrasphincteric fistula is a very rare form of perianal fistula which makes our case a very unusual and rare one, especially by the fact that it was successfully treated with the first operation and without protective stoma formation. The patient was first treated in hospital for a retrorectal abscess that had spontaneously ruptured in the postanal space. Because of the constant drainage of the suppurative content from the postanal opening in the following months, MRI and fistulography were performed, registering cystic formation in the retrorectal space with fistulous communication with the rectum above and completely separate from the sphincter mechanism. After that the patient was admitted for definitive treatment. The operation was performed with the patient in a prone jack-knife position. Complete excision of the cyst with the fistulous communication was performed and the rectum was sutured in two layers with separate slowly absorbable sutures. The wound was laid open and the patient was discharged on the 5th post operative day. After about ten months the defecation is normal, the wound is sealed and there are no signs of inflammation and secretion locally.
