[Cure by THP-COP therapy in patients with perforated T-cell type malignant lymphoma of the jejunum]

A 52-year-old man had suffered abdominal pain from Dec. 15, 1992. On Jan. 1993, he was admitted to our hospital for a diagnosis of T-cell malignant lymphoma of stomach of diffuse large cell type by gastroendoscopical biopsy. On the following day, he underwent emergency an operation with a diagnosis of panperitonitis. A perforation site had been found at the jejunum 60 cm distant from the Treitz ligament. It was resected and sutured concomitant with omental patch. The pathological diagnosis was the same. After the operation, we started THP-COP therapy on Jan. 25, 1993. During the admission, he was given THP-COP therapy 6 times, and had a complete remission. He was discharged Feb. 26, 1994, and shows no evidence of disease at this writing.