title: Report of a case of primary skeletal muscle lymphoma and review of the literature.
abstract: Primary extranodal lymphoma arising from skeletal muscle is rare. We describe a case of primary skeletal muscle lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell type. A review of the literature showed that it mostly involves the extremities, especially the thighs, in the elderly and has an aggressive histology of the B-cell immunophenotype. Different pathogenetic mechanisms for the occurrence of malignant lymphoma in extranodal sites are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Keung
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*