title: Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the prostate gland.
abstract: We present a case of non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the prostate referring to an 86-year-old male, who was admitted with a history of urine retention of 10 days' duration. The symptoms and signs were compatible with a diagnosis of benign prostatic hypertrophy, with no preoperative evidence of malignancy. Following transvesical prostatectomy, immunocytochemical analysis of the specimen showed a highly malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the large immunoblastic B-cell type, with a cIgM (kappa) phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, Charing Cross Hospital, London.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Sarlis
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sarlis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kehayas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology