Revista Ciencias Biomédicas (Jun 2014)

ACUTE ABDOMEN SECONDARY TO NEOPLASM IN A HIV/SIDA PATIENT (IN SPANISH)

  • Herrera-Lomónaco Sandra,
  • Barrios-Barreto Rina,
  • Angulo-Díaz Indira,
  • Oliveros-Jiménez Diana

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 2
pp. 351 – 356

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Introduction: patients with HIV/SIDA might present as complications, symptoms of acute abdomen that could be of infectious, neoplasic or idiopathic etiology. The frequency of epithelial, mesenchymal and hemato-lymphoid neoplasm, tend to be increased in the HIV/SIDA patients. Case report: a 23-year-old male with diagnosis of HIV since three years ago and without regular antiretroviral treatment due to voluntary suspension. He presented symptoms of two days of evolution consistent in diarrhea, pain in right iliac region, vomiting and clinical signs of peritoneal irritation. Then, with diagnosis of acute abdomen secondary to acute appendicitis, he was carried to laparotomy. During the surgery procedure, intestinal perforation in the ileocecal region was found. Debridement, enterorrhaphy and appendicectomy were done, with adequate postoperative improvement. The histopathological diagnosis was Diffuse Large-B-cell Non-hodgkin Lymphoma of the ileocecal region. He was discharged for the oncological and integral management of the HIV/SIDA. Conclusion: the Diffuse Large-B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma is the type of lymphoma most frequently reported in association with the HIV/SIDA. The presented case is unusual, where the intestinal perforation caused acute abdomen imitating appendicular event. The lack of use of antiretroviral treatment probably contributed to the development and evolution of the Diffuse Large-B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Rev. cienc.biomed.2014;5(2):351-356. KEYWORDS Acute abdomen, Neoplasm, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, HIV.

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