A case of primary hepatic lymphoma with hepatitis C liver cirrhosis.
Primary hepatic lymphoma is rare. The usual type is a large-cell, high-grade malignant B-cell lymphoma, although T-cell types have been described. Several cases of primary hepatic lymphoma of B-cell origin developing in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection have been reported. Recently, new findings have raised the question of the induction of lymphoma by hepatitis C virus. However, the causal relationship between hepatitis C viral infection and primary hepatic lymphoma remains obscure. This article reports a case of histologically proven primary hepatic lymphoma of T-cell origin, which was confined to the liver, in the setting of hepatitis C liver cirrhosis. This association has not previously been reported.
Kim
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Department of Internal Medicine, Kang Dong Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis
D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D012367:RNA, Viral