A Syrian Child with Intussusception Caused by a Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Abstract EN

Intussusception is the invagination of a segment of the bowel into an adjacent segment.

Here, we describe a middle-eastern case of an 11-year-old boy who presented to our institution with an intussusception caused by lymphoma but with nonspecific symptoms such as acute abdominal pain and a history of weight loss.

His abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) showed ileocolic intussusception with a mass leading it.

We resected the mass with the affected bowel and related lymph nodes, and the histological examination showed features of diffuse large B-cell Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (an uncommon histologic type in the Middle East).

Known as intussusception, this urgent condition could distress infants and young children.

However, in older children, the presentation is subtler.

So, a lead point should be observed and the chance of malignancy should be kept in mind.