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An Unusual Presentation of Primary Hepatic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Liver

This report describes a case of primary hepatic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in a 64-year-old male who presented with constitutional symptoms, jaundice, abdominal swelling, and right upper quadrant pain. The diagnosis was confirmed on percutaneous liver biopsy. Notably, there was no evidenc...

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Autores principales: Dhingra, Rohit, Winter, Michael W, Yilmaz, Osman H, Jaiswal, Sunny, Sterling, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5922499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719744
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2242
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author Dhingra, Rohit
Winter, Michael W
Yilmaz, Osman H
Jaiswal, Sunny
Sterling, Mark
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description This report describes a case of primary hepatic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in a 64-year-old male who presented with constitutional symptoms, jaundice, abdominal swelling, and right upper quadrant pain. The diagnosis was confirmed on percutaneous liver biopsy. Notably, there was no evidence of extra-hepatic involvement. The patient received methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide with good response but was lost to follow-up upon being transferred. This case highlights the importance of considering primary hepatic DLBCL in patients with unexplained abnormal liver tests and atypical imaging without solitary or discrete lesions, as this rare malignancy can present furtively.
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spelling pubmed-59224992018-05-01 An Unusual Presentation of Primary Hepatic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Liver Dhingra, Rohit Winter, Michael W Yilmaz, Osman H Jaiswal, Sunny Sterling, Mark Cureus Gastroenterology This report describes a case of primary hepatic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in a 64-year-old male who presented with constitutional symptoms, jaundice, abdominal swelling, and right upper quadrant pain. The diagnosis was confirmed on percutaneous liver biopsy. Notably, there was no evidence of extra-hepatic involvement. The patient received methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide with good response but was lost to follow-up upon being transferred. This case highlights the importance of considering primary hepatic DLBCL in patients with unexplained abnormal liver tests and atypical imaging without solitary or discrete lesions, as this rare malignancy can present furtively. Cureus 2018-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5922499/ /pubmed/29719744 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2242 Text en Copyright © 2018, Dhingra et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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An Unusual Presentation of Primary Hepatic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Liver
title An Unusual Presentation of Primary Hepatic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Liver
title_full An Unusual Presentation of Primary Hepatic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Liver
title_fullStr An Unusual Presentation of Primary Hepatic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Liver
title_full_unstemmed An Unusual Presentation of Primary Hepatic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Liver
title_short An Unusual Presentation of Primary Hepatic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Liver
title_sort unusual presentation of primary hepatic diffuse large b-cell lymphoma of the liver
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5922499/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2242
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