Open AccessPrimary lymphoma of the liver - A complex diagnosis
Author(s) -
Ernst JA Steller
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8470
DOI - 10.4329/wjr.v4.i2.53
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , lymphoma , metastasis , chemotherapy , radiology , histopathological examination , pathology , lesion , resection , general surgery , surgery , cancer
A 59-year-old woman presented with the clinical symptoms and radiologic investigations of a liver lesion suspect of metastasis. However, postoperative histopathology revealed a primary hepatic lymphoma (PHL). The case of a patient with a solitary PHL, which was treated by resection and subsequent chemotherapy, will be discussed with a short overview of the literature.