Open AccessSynchronous Hepatocellular Carcinoma and B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Chronic Hepatitis C Patient
Author(s) -
Soon Il Lee,
NaeYun Heo,
Seung Ha Park,
YoungDon Joo,
Il Hwan Kim,
Jeong-Ik Park,
Ji Yeon Kim,
Seung Ho Kim,
Hyekyung Shim
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
korean journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.203
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2233-6869
pISSN - 1598-9992
DOI - 10.4166/kjg.2014.64.3.168
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , lymphoma , differential diagnosis , lymphoproliferative disorders , lymph node , liver transplantation , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis c , gastroenterology , pathology , transplantation , virus , immunology
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the main viral causes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and is associated with lymphoproliferative disorder such as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). However, there are only few case reports on concomitantly induced NHL and HCC by HCV. Herein, we report a case of synchronous NHL and HCC in a patient with chronic hepatitis C which was unexpectedly diagnosed during liver transplantation surgery. This case suggests that although intrahepatic lymph node enlargements are often considered as reactive or metastatic lymphadenopathy in chronic hepatitis C patients with HCC, NHL should also be considered as a differential diagnosis.
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