Primary hepatic lymphoma: is it a disease entity?

Abstract

It is now widely accepted that lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic cells in the immune system and a type of blood cancer that develops when T or B lymphocytes of the white blood cells display uncontrolled proliferation and cellular immortality. Currently, a number of authors have published case reports or case series in which these lesions are defined as primary hepatic lymphoma. This minireview discusses several aspects of the entity of primary hepatic lymphoma, especially the dilemmas in diagnosis.

Keywords

Lymphoma / primary / hepatic / diagnosis / entity

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