Co-occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma and lymphoma in patients with hepatitis C virus cirrhosis.
The association of hepatitis C virus (HCV) with neoplasia is not completely understood. Hepatitis C virus is hepatolymphotrophic. It is considered an inducing factor of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and is associated with various types of lymphomas. We describe a patient with HCV cirrhosis who developed gastric lymphoma and HCC, and we review the current data and theories about the oncogenesis of HCV.
Shapira
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Division of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Hebrew University--Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Muszkat
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Braunstein
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Gotsman
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D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000821:virology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000821:virology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000821:virology*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications