Maaravi Y, Wengrower D, Leibowitz G
Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
J Clin Gastroenterol. 1993 Jul;17(1):49-51. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199307000-00014.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma often involves the gastrointestinal tract, but primary lymphoma of the colon is rare. Primary lymphoma of the colon masquerading as inflammatory bowel disease is even rarer. We report a patient with an initial diagnosis of Crohn's colitis, who later appeared to have had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the colon. We review the diagnosis and treatment of this rare disease.
