A Rare Cause of Constipation and Acute Malnutrition: Primary Intestinal Lymphoma

Abstract

Constipation is the group of disease that is most frequently consulted with experts in pediatric gastroenterology. Abnormal neurological examination, non-intestinal symptoms or cases unresponsive to treatment should be stimulative and suggestive of another underlying cause to the doctor. Mature B-cell malignant disease (Burkitt lymphoma) forms 35-40 % of all non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Burkitt lymphoma can be a mass in gastrointestinal system. In this paper, a four-year-old boy who was hospitalized for 17 days in other centers with a diagnosis of malnutrition and constipation and diagnosed as primary intestinal lymphoma in our clinic is presented. Primary intestinal lymphomas discussed under the light of literature.

Keywords

• intestinal lymphoma, constipation, acute malnutrution

A Rare Cause of Constipation and Acute Malnutrition: Primary Intestinal Lymphoma

Öz

Konstipasyon çocuk gastroenteroloji uzmanlarına konsülte edilen en sık hastalık grubudur. Anormal nörolojik muayene, bağırsak dışı semptomlar, tedaviye yanıtsız olgular doktor için uyarıcı olmalı ve altta yatan bir nedeni düşündürmelidir. Lenfomalar, Hodgkin ve non Hodgkin lenfoma olarak ayrılmaktadır. Matür B-hücreli malin hastalık (Burkitt lenfoma (35-40%) tüm non-Hodgkin lenfoma hastalarının 35-40 % ını oluşturur. Bu yazıda, dış merkezlerde malnutrisyon ve konstipasyon teşhisleri ile 17 gün hospitalize edilen ve daha sonra kliniğimizde primer intestinal lenfoma tanısı alan, 4 yaşında erkek hasta sunuldu. Primer intestinal lenfomalar literatür ışığında tartışıldı

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İntestinal lenfoma, konstipasyon, akut malnutrisyon

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