Perforation through undiagnosed small bowel involvement in primary thyroid lymphoma during chemotherapy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case is described of fatal perforation of the small bowel through an area of undiagnosed secondary involvement from primary thyroid lymphoma during treatment by chemotherapy. There is a known association between primary thyroid lymphoma and gastrointestinal metastases. To avoid this lethal complication, a specific search should be made for gastrointestinal involvement before chemotherapy is started in patients with advanced thyroid lymphoma.
Medical subject headings
- Intestinal Neoplasms
- Intestinal Perforation
- Lymphoma, B-Cell
- Thyroid Neoplasms