PMID: 3214019Oct 1, 1988Paper

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and emergency surgery. Apropos of 12 cases

Anales españoles de pediatría
G IdígorasJ L Bezanilla

Abstract

From 1972 to 1986, a total of 46 children with the histological diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were treated in our hospital. Twelve had emergency surgery. Nine of them presented with an acute abdominal condition and three bowel perforation during treatment for childhood Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Survival rate was 58%.

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