| Journal: | Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000305967 |
| ISSN: | 1516-8484 |
| Authors: | Ehrhardt, Alessandra O1 Nicolich, Marcello M Franco, Luis Queiroz, Tania |
| Institutions: | 1Hospital Municipal da Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Season: | Abr-Jun |
| Volumen: | 25 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 115-117 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Correspondencia |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | Intussusception in adults is a rare condition and it can occur as a gastric complication from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Such complications can be difficult to diagnose because of ill-defined symptoms. Methods of imaging such as abdominal X-rays, ultrasonography, tomography and colonoscopy are useful for its diagnosis. Here a female patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that evolved to intussusception of bowels, the regression of which was achieved by clinical and chemotherapeutic treatment without surgical intervention |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Diagnóstico, Gastroenterología, Hematología, Intususcepción, Linfoma no Hodgkin |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Diagnosis, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Intussusception, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
