[Occurrence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in chronic viral hepatitis C].
BACKGROUND
We report the occurrence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during the course of chronic hepatitis C treated with alpha-interferon.


METHODS
Specific viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus and human T-cell leukemia viruses I and II may be at the origin of various lymphomas in human. The presence of B cell lymphoma in the course of chronic hepatitis C has already been described and could be related to the lymphoid tropism of hepatitis C virus.


CONCLUSIONS
This new report of an association between chronic hepatitis C and B cell lymphoma should lead physicians to search for signs of lymphoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Service d'hépato-gastroentérologie, CHU, Angers, France.
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Vuillemin
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Croquet
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Oberti
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Boasson
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D000328:Adult; D015490:HTLV-I Infections; D015491:HTLV-II Infections; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000502:physiology; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections
D016898:Interferon-alpha
Survenue d'un lymphome non hodgkinien au cours d'une hépatite chronique virale C.