Rare Location of Primary Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the Rectum

Abstract

Lymphomas of the gastrointestinal tract are usually secondary. Primary rectal lymphoma is veryrare by virtue of its location. We present here a 60 years old lady diagnosed as primary rectal diffuselarge B-cell Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma managed operatively. The optimum management of thisentity is still much debated._______________________________________________________________________________________Keywords: Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; primary; rectum.

MRI of Uncommon Lesions of the Large Bowel: A Pictorial Essay

“…Primary rectal lymphoma [ Figure 14 ] is rare, representing 0.1–0.4% of primary rectal tumors. [ 18 19 20 ] Although the GI tract is a common site of extranodal lymphoma, colorectal involvement is relatively infrequent (6–20% of GI lymphomas) and is associated with a worse prognosis. [ 21 22 ] B-cell and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas are the most common colorectal lymphomas.…”