T cell lymphoma

Colon tumor
Lymphoma and hematopoietic lesions
T cell lymphoma

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Revised: 3 January 2017, last major update February 2012

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Definition / general | Case reports

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Definition / general

Rare in West, but 18% of colorectal lymphomas in Korea (Dig Dis Sci 2005;50:2243)
Usually EBV+ in China (Chin Med J (Engl) 2005;118:1542)
Often multifocal ulcerative lesions in relatively young patients
May resemble Crohn's disease (Hepatogastroenterology 2002;49:950)
Poor prognosis, even if localized

Case reports

23 year old man with intravascular T cell lymphoma involving colonic vessels (Am J Hematol 2005;78:207)
56 year old woman with diffuse GI tract involvement (Korean J Intern Med 2000;15:245)
64 year old man with adult T cell leukemia / lymphoma (J Gastroenterol 2004;39:788)
67 year old man with gamma delta phenotype causing lymphomatoid polyposis (Dig Liver Dis 2004;36:218)
Peripheral T cell lymphoma #1 in AIDS patient (Oncologist 2005;10:292), #2 with colonic adenocarcinoma (Pathol Oncol Res 2003;9:188), #3 with Crohn's disease (Korean J Gastroenterol 2006;47:233) and #4 with Crohn's disease (Korean J Intern Med 1997;12:238)
Cytotoxic / suppressor phenotype #1 (Am J Surg Pathol 2000;24:296), #2 (Int J Hematol 2000;71:379) and #3 with ulcerative colitis (J Gastroenterol 2003;38:376)
Post transplant tumor in child (Am J Surg Pathol 2004;28:967)
T / NK cell lymphoma (J Gastroenterol 2002;37:939)
Lymphoma causing colojejunal fistula (Dis Colon Rectum 2005;48:158)