Bowel perforation during initial treatment for childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In the last 5 years we have seen six cases of bowel perforation during initial therapy for childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Perforation occurred only in patients with Stage III or IV disease. It occurred in patients without clinically detectable mural disease of bowel. Children who suffered bowel perforation had a worse outcome than those who did not, but two of the six patients described have gone on to long-term disease-free survival more than 2 years from completion of their treatment.

publication date

  • July 15, 1985

Research

keywords

  • Abdominal Neoplasms
  • Ileal Diseases
  • Intestinal Perforation
  • Lymphoma

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0021885931

PubMed ID

  • 4005797

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 56

issue

  • 2