Volume 36, Number 10, 930-933, DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3274-x

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Successful Treatment of Multiple Small-Bowel Perforations Caused by Cytomegalovirus in a Patient with Malignant Lymphoma: Report of a Case

Teppei Nishii, Yasushi Rino, Kohei Ando, Kenichi Matsuzu, Hiroo Wada, Akihiko Chiba, Hiromasa Arai, Akio Ashida, Kimiatsu Hasuo and Yoshiaki Inayama, et al.

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Abstract

We report the successful management of multiple small-bowel perforations caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in a 60-year-old man, 1 day after CHOP (cyclophosphamide/doxorubicin/vincristine/prednisone) therapy induction for malignant lymphoma. Emergency laparotomy was performed for perforative peritonitis, but we did not resect the lesions at this time. Instead, we exteriorized the small bowel and then irrigated the peritoneal cavity and intestinal tract. His white blood cell count was low, at 200 cells/µl, so this therapy was continued until it recovered. The intestine was highly edematous, but it improved after irrigation with peritoneal dialysis solution. In the second-stage procedure, we resected the small bowel with the perforations, and constructed a jejunostomy and colostomy, then closed the abdominal cavity. Although the patient needed central venous hyperalimentation, he had a favorable postoperative course and started treatment again for the malignant lymphoma.

Key words  Malignant lymphoma - Chemotherapy - Multiple small-bowel perforations - Exteriorization of the small bowel - Peritoneal dialysis solution

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