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Esophageal perforation

An unusual presentation of esophageal lymphoma

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A primary histiocytic lymphoma arising in the esophagus and its resultant spontaneous perforation is reported in a 69-year-old female. To our knowledge esophageal perforation occurring as a complication of a primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the esophagus has not been previously reported.

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  1. Institute of Gastroenterology, Presbyterian-University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3910 Powelton Avenue, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Henry L. Kirsch MD, Dennis W. Cronin MD, George N. Stein MD, Frantz Latour MD &  Anibal F. Herrera MD

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Kirsch, H.L., Cronin, D.W., Stein, G.N. et al. Esophageal perforation. Digest Dis Sci 28, 371–374 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01324957

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