Primary extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the extrahepatic biliary tract.
A case of extranodal non-Hodgkin's diffuse, mixed small and large cell lymphoma of the extrahepatic biliary tract with jaundice as the initial manifestation is reported in this paper. Obstructive jaundice is very rarely an early symptom in lymphoma. The pathogenesis of jaundice in this case was infiltration of the extrahepatic bile duct by lymphoma cells and fibrosis.
Tzanakakis
G N
GN
Department of Surgery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Vezeridis
M P
MP
Jackson
B T
BT
Rodil
J V
JV
McCully
K S
KS
D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology*; D005355:Fibrosis; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male