Case Reports in Surgery (Jan 2014)

A Primary Hepatic Lymphoma Treated with Liver Resection and Chemotherapy

  • Konstantinos Bouliaris,
  • Grigorios Christodoulidis,
  • Georgios Koukoulis,
  • Ioannis Mamaloudis,
  • Maria Ioannou,
  • Eleni Bouronikou,
  • Maria Palassopoulou,
  • Konstantinos Tepetes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/749509
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2014

Abstract

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Primary hepatic lymphoma (PHL) is a rare malignancy, which is frequently misdiagnosed. Although chemotherapy is the treatment of choice there are reports that a combination of surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy can offer better results. Herein we present an interesting case of a large primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma originating from liver was treated with a liver which resection and chemotherapy.