[Ano-rectal symptoms, related to Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Burkitt's lymphoma in an immunocompetent patient]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2007 Apr;31(4):442-4. doi: 10.1016/s0399-8320(07)89408-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report the case of an immunocompetent 23-year-old Caucasian woman, with symptoms including rectal bleeding, tenesmus and epreint, 6 months after an anal sexual trauma. The rectal examination showed a hardened, inflammatory and painful anal margin, associated with stenosis of the anal canal, suggesting abscess. The neurological examination showed numbing of the chin. Pelvic MRI and CT scan confirmed a bulky posterior tissular pelvic mass more than 7 cm in diameter, infiltrating the rectum and the anal canal. Final diagnosis confirmed by biopsy performed during rectosigmoidoscopy was an Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Burkitt's lymphoma. Chemotherapy resulted in rapid regression of the tumoral mass.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Burkitt Lymphoma* / diagnosis
  • Burkitt Lymphoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Burkitt Lymphoma* / drug therapy
  • Burkitt Lymphoma* / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Rectum / pathology
  • Sigmoidoscopy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome