A Case of Natural Killer Like T Cell Lymphoma Misdiagnosed as Behcet's Enteritis of the Terminal Ileum.
10.4166/kjg.2011.57.6.365
- Author:
Yong Won JOO
1
;
Dong Hee KOH
;
Kang Nyeong LEE
;
Hang Lak LEE
;
Dae Won JUN
;
Byung Chul YOON
;
Ho Soon CHOI
;
Oh Young LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. leeoy@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Natural killer like T cells lymphoma;
Behcet's disease;
Inflammatory bowel disease
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2011;57(6):365-369
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Primary natural killer (NK) cell like T cell lymphoma of the terminal ileum is extremely rare. It most frequently occurs in the nasal or paranasal areas and less frequently in the skin, the soft tissue, and the gastrointestinal tract. NK/T cell lymphoma involving gastrointestinal tract has characteristic endoscopic features of Inflammatory bowel disease. We herein describe a first case of primary NK/T cell lymphoma misdiagnosed as Behcet's enteritis of the terminal ileum colonoscopically and complicated by cecal bleeding and perforation.
