Open AccessSimultaneous occurrence of a hepatocellular carcinoma and a hepatic non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma infiltration
Author(s) -
Sabine Heidecke,
Dirk L. Stippel,
Arnulf H. Hoelscher,
Inga Wedemeyer,
HansPeter Dienes,
Uta Drebber
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 1948-5182
DOI - 10.4254/wjh.v2.i6.246
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , cirrhosis , lymphoma , pathology , carcinoma , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis , parenchyma , virus , gastroenterology , immunology
To investigate the simultaneous occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, we report the case of a 70 year old patient with a primary diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2002. In a routine follow up investigation of his chronic lymphocytic leukemia a newly detected mass in the Couinaud's segments 2 and 3 was found. No hepatitis C virus or hepatitis B virus infection or cirrhosis was evident. After laparoscopic segmentectomy the histological examination revealed a hepatocellular carcinoma. While the relation between liver parenchyma damages and hepatocellular carcinoma or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is well known, only a few publications have focused on the coexistence of hepatocellular carcinoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. With this case we demonstrate the coexistence of these diseases without having a predamaged liver parenchyma.