A case of primary isolated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the esophagus in an immunocompetent patient.
Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the esophagus is a rare disease. A case of primary isolated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the esophagus in a 77-year-old man without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is presented. We describe the clinical features and the imaging findings (barium swallow, endoscopic ultrasonography and CT) of a biopsy proven B-cell lymphoma with diffuse transmural involvement of the esophagus wall, which was discovered incidentally. We also briefly review the literature.
Department of Radiology, Hippocratio General Hospital, Halandri, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis V
IV
Kalogeropoulos
Athanasios N
AN
Chalazonitis
Sofia
S
Tsolaki
Fotios
F
Laspas
Nikolaos
N
Ptohis
Ioannis
I
Neofytou
Dimitra
D
Rontogianni
D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male