Malignant Lymphoma of the Sigmoid Colon with Intussusception Prolapsing through the Anus

Shin-ichi Yamasaki, Shigetoshi Morimoto, Masaru Tsuyuguchi, Nao-omi Tanaka, Yasuhide Sohnaka, Yoshiaki Bando, Hiroshi Morizumi

Department of Surgery and Pathology, Tokushima Municipal Hospital

A 62-year-old woman was admitted because of rectal prolapse. The colon was prolapsed through the anus about 10 cm and the leading point of the colon was a 4×4 cm hard tumor. The diagnosis was intussusception prolapsing through the anus with a tumor as the leading point. A low anterior resection was performd. The histological diagnosis was diffuse lymphoma; medium sized cell type according to the Lymphoma Study Group's classification.

Key words
intussusception, malignant lymphoma of the sigmoid colon

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Shin-ichi Yamasaki First Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima
3-18-15 Kuramoto-chou, Tokushima, 770 JAPAN

Accepted
December 13, 1989

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