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Primary hepatic lymphoma diagnosed using endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Because of the rarity of primary hepatic lymphomas, diagnosis of this disease entity may often be difficult, and performing a liver biopsy is the only way to establish a definitive diagnosis. Recently, endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy has emerged as a safe technique for obtainin...

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Autores principales: Nishikawa, Kenichiro, Katsuta, Koji, Tanaka, Syota, Fujibe, Kodai, Hattori, Aiji, Shiono, Yasunori, Oiwa, Michiaki, Matsusaki, Shimpei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8073951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33896422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-02791-9
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Because of the rarity of primary hepatic lymphomas, diagnosis of this disease entity may often be difficult, and performing a liver biopsy is the only way to establish a definitive diagnosis. Recently, endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy has emerged as a safe technique for obtaining liver tissue. However, there is no report on the use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy for diagnosing primary hepatic lymphomas. CASE PRESENTATION: An 85-year-old Asian man was admitted to our hospital because of multiple liver lesions without any identifiable primary tumor or extrahepatic lymphadenopathy. Serum tumor markers, including alpha-fetoprotein, were in the normal range. We provisionally diagnosed the patient with a cancer of unknown primary origin with liver metastases. An endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle liver biopsy of the tumor in the left lobe of the liver was performed using a transgastric approach, and histology revealed a primary hepatic lymphoma of a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma type. CONCLUSIONS: Primary hepatic lymphomas are quite rare, and diagnosis is often difficult without performing a biopsy. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy is a useful diagnostic modality even in such cases.