Primary lymphoma of the liver showing immunohistochemical evidence of T-cell origin. Successful management by right trisegmentectomy.
Primary malignant lymphomas of the liver are extremely rare. Thus far, 28 cases (1-13) of this entity have been described, but after careful clinical and histological staging, no other sites of extrahepatic involvement were demonstrated in 17 of these cases (2,3,5-13). We recently had the opportunity to investigate and manage a case of true primary malignant peripheral T-cell lymphoma of the liver in a 22-year-old man. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of a primary T-cell lymphoma of the liver. The patient was successfully treated with a right trisegmentectomy and no tumor recurrence has appeared after five years.
Andreola
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Department of Pathology and Cytology, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
Audisio
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Mazzaferro
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Doci
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Makowka
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Gennari
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D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013601:T-Lymphocytes
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal