Fulminant Hepatic Failure due to Primary Hepatic Lymphoma: a Case Report.
Primary hepatic lymphoma is a rare malignancy usually presenting withsymptoms of fever, hepatomegaly, jaundice and weight loss. This picture mimicsinfectious and inflammatory disorders and thus delays the diagnosis. Here,we present a 47-year old man with prolonged fever who underwent several investigationsand, in the meantime, developed fulminant hepatic failure beforethe diagnosis could be reached.
Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Research Center (GILDRC), Firoozgar Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahedin
Z
Kheyri
Department of Internal Medicine, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali
A
Ali Asgari
Department of Pathology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali
A
Zare Mehrjerdi
Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Research Center (GILDRC), Firoozgar Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Farhad
F
Zamani
Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Research Center (GILDRC), Firoozgar Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hossein
H
Ajdarkosh
Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma; Fever of Unknown Origin; Fulminant Hepatic Failure