Resolution of Small Bowel Follicular Lymphoma With Treatment of Concomitant Hepatitis B

J Clin Gastroenterol. 2015 Nov-Dec;49(10):885-7. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000313.

Abstract

We report a case of small bowel follicular lymphoma regression with hepatitis B virus treatment. Our patient underwent surveillance colonoscopy that showed profound nodularity in the terminal ileum that was consistent with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) on biopsy. Upon further testing the patient was found to be infected with hepatitis B virus. We decided to treat hepatitis B first to prevent its reactivation if the patient underwent therapy for NHL and with the thought that NHL can be stimulated by immunological response to antigens. Our patient was started on Entecavir, and fortunately the NHL regressed with no recurrence on follow-up endoscopies and biopsies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Colonoscopy
  • Guanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Guanine / therapeutic use
  • Hepatitis B / complications
  • Hepatitis B / drug therapy*
  • Hepatitis B / virology
  • Hepatitis B virus
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / complications
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / virology
  • Intestine, Small / virology
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / complications
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / drug therapy*
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / virology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / virology

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • entecavir
  • Guanine