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Case Reports
. 1992 Mar;116(3):299-301.

Xanthomatous pseudotumor of the small intestine following treatment for Burkitt's lymphoma

R Ashfaq  1 , C F Timmons
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  • PMID: 1536618
Case Reports

Xanthomatous pseudotumor of the small intestine following treatment for Burkitt's lymphoma

R Ashfaq et al. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1992 Mar.

Abstract

A 9-year-old boy with a large mass in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen was diagnosed as having disseminated Burkitt's lymphoma by pleural fluid aspirate. After 4 months of chemotherapy, he developed acute small-bowel obstruction. A resected ileal segment contained a bright-yellow annular submucosal tumor, histologically a xanthoma, that infiltrated the muscularis propria and serosa. No residual lymphoma was identified. We believe that the small-bowel xanthoma in this child is an unusual, nonneoplastic, treatment-related sequela of lymphoma cell lysis and histiocytic scavenging of lipid-membranous debris.

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