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01-12-2012 | Case Report

Primary Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Colon: A Case Report and Literature Review

Authors: Tarik Mahfoud, Rachid Tanz, Mohamed Réda Khmamouche, Asmaa Regragui, Mohamed Ichou, Hassan Errihani

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer | Issue 4/2012

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Adenocarcinoma is the most common colon cancer. The other histological types are rare, and primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) of the colon is even more exceptional [1, 2]. The clinical, radiological and endoscopic signs are not specific and its histology that confirms the diagnosis. The treatment is not well defined and the prognosis remains unknown. In this paper, we report a case of a patient followed in our department for a primary NHL of the splenic flexion of the colon while discussing the different specificities of this disease. …

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Title: Primary Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Colon: A Case Report and Literature Review
Authors: Tarik Mahfoud
Rachid Tanz
Mohamed Réda Khmamouche
Asmaa Regragui
Mohamed Ichou
Hassan Errihani
Publication date: 01-12-2012
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 1941-6628
Electronic ISSN: 1941-6636
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-012-9406-1

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