Composite Lymphoma in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report

Composite Lymphoma in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report

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A 45-year-old female patient with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis complicated with composite lymphoma here in the spleen and para-aortic lymph node presented with a one-month history of malaise, weakness and fatigue.Only mesalamine kept ulcerative colitis under control.In physical examination, splenomegaly was revealed and pancytopenia was obtained from laboratory data.

Computed tomography scan revealed para-aortic mediastinal lymphadenopathy with splenomegaly.Splenectomy and excisional biopsy of abdominal lymph node were performed and disease was diagnosed as borstlist självhäftande composite lymphoma, consisting of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and nodular sclerosing Hodgkin lymphoma.