대한대장항문학회

Primary gastrointestinal lymphoma constitutes approximately 5% of all lymphoid<br>malignancies and account for about 1∼4% of small bowel neoplasm. Primary lymphomas<br>in the intestinal tract are few in comparison and the diagnosis can ordinarily be made<br>only after the tumor has been resected.<br>We encountered a case of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the appendix in a 45 years<br>old female with the chief complaint of right lower quadrant abdominal pain.<br>An exploratory laparotomy has been diagnosis with acute gangrenous appendicitis. but<br>it was conformed Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of localized appendix by pathological<br>examination.<br>And now report with review of literature.<br>