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DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-14957
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Intestinal Tuberculosis After Successful Treatment of Advanced High-Grade Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and AIDS
J. Samuel,M.D.
Division of Medical Oncology
Cook County Hospital
1900 W. Polk #763
Chicago, IL 60612
USA
Fax: + 1-312-633-8131
Email: jsamuel@rush.edu
Publication History
Publication Date:
31 December 2001 (online)
Figure 1A 43-year-old man with AIDS and high-grade non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, stage IVB, had been successfully treated with chemotherapy 30 months previously. He now presented with progressive intra-abdominal lymph-node enlargement, transudative pleural effusion, ascites, diarrhea, anasarca, and cachexia. Enteroscopy showed thickening, erythema, and nodularity of the mucosa, with superficial ulceration throughout the duodenum and jejunum.
Figure 2Jejunal biopsy revealed a diffuse histiocytic infiltrate within the lamina propria, containing acid-fast bacilli. The patient responded to antituberculosis therapy.
J. Samuel,M.D.
Division of Medical Oncology
Cook County Hospital
1900 W. Polk #763
Chicago, IL 60612
USA
Fax: + 1-312-633-8131
Email: jsamuel@rush.edu
J. Samuel,M.D.
Division of Medical Oncology
Cook County Hospital
1900 W. Polk #763
Chicago, IL 60612
USA
Fax: + 1-312-633-8131
Email: jsamuel@rush.edu
Figure 1A 43-year-old man with AIDS and high-grade non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, stage IVB, had been successfully treated with chemotherapy 30 months previously. He now presented with progressive intra-abdominal lymph-node enlargement, transudative pleural effusion, ascites, diarrhea, anasarca, and cachexia. Enteroscopy showed thickening, erythema, and nodularity of the mucosa, with superficial ulceration throughout the duodenum and jejunum.
Figure 2Jejunal biopsy revealed a diffuse histiocytic infiltrate within the lamina propria, containing acid-fast bacilli. The patient responded to antituberculosis therapy.