Abdominal Malignant Lymphoma Presented with Intussusception : Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature

Abstract

We report on three patients with abdominal malignant lymphoma presented with intussusception. They were a 10-year-old boy with ileocolic tumor (diffuse large cell type), an 8-year-old girl with ileocolic tumor (Burkitt type), and a 3-year-old girl with jejunal tumor (Burkitt type). It took 3 to 4 weeks for the patients to diagnose malignant lymphomas after the appearance of the first symptoms. Including these cases with 25 patients reported in the literature, we noted that it required about 6 weeks (median 4 weeks) from the initial signs and symptoms to the diagnosis of malignant lymphoma. To make such a diagnosis in children with prolonged abdominal pain, we should therefore be careful not to overlook intussusception induced by malignant lymphoma.