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SUBMITTER: Mulat BB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8389934 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACG case reports journal 20201204 12
Primary rectal lymphoma is extremely rare, accounting for approximately 0.05% of all primary rectal neoplasms. We present a patient with long-standing ulcerative colitis, who was never treated with immunomodulators or biologic agents, diagnosed with primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the rectosigmoid colon, and achieved remission after chemotherapy. As per current data, incidence of primary colorectal lymphoma has been associated with medications used for inflammatory bowel disease treatme ...[more]