An unusual case of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma complicating a Crohn's disease

Meriam Sabbah; Fatma Ben Farhat; Nawel Bellil; Fatma Khanchel; Asma Ouakaa; Dalila Gargouri

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3364

An unusual case of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma complicating a Crohn's disease

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Sep 17;8(12):3062-3065. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3364. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Meriam Sabbah^{1

2}, Fatma Ben Farhat^{1

2}, Nawel Bellil^{1

2}, Fatma Khanchel^{2

3}, Asma Ouakaa^{1

2}, Dalila Gargouri^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology Habib Thameur Hospital Tunis Tunisia.
² Faculty of Medicine of Tunis University of Tunis El Manar Tunis Tunisia.
³ Department of Pathology Habib Thameur Hospital Tunis Tunisia.

Abstract

Clinicians should keep in mind that Crohn's disease may be complicated by neoplasia such as adenocarcinomas or lymphomas, especially if the disease duration is long and the patient is under immunosuppressive therapy.

Keywords: Crohns disease; gastroenterology and hepatology; lymphoma; oncology.

Publication types

Case Reports