Abstract
Lymphomatous involvement of the ileum is rare and vey rarer is its presentation as appendicitis. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a high grade neoplasm. Lymphoblastic lymphoma is a common subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in childhood, accounts for approximately 30% of cases and typically presents as abdominal mass in children. This rapidly growing tumor may cause symptoms due to mass effect or direct involvement of the intestine. Clinical presentations like acute abdomen can be secondary to intestinal obstruction, intussusceptions or even sometimes perforation. We describe, here a case of a boy with an unusual presentation of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma mimicking acute appendicitis. Especially in patients with recurrent abdominal pain, the opinion of abdominal tomography evaluation is very useful.
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