Case Report
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World J Radiol. Feb 28, 2012; 4(2): 53-57
Published online Feb 28, 2012. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v4.i2.53
Primary lymphoma of the liver - A complex diagnosis
Ernst JA Steller, Maarten S van Leeuwen, Richard van Hillegersberg, Marguerite EI Schipper, Inne HM Borel Rinkes, Izaak Q Molenaar
Ernst JA Steller, Richard van Hillegersberg, Inne HM Borel Rinkes, Izaak Q Molenaar, Department of Hepato Biliary Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
Maarten S van Leeuwen, Department of Radiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
Marguerite EI Schipper, Department of Radiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
Author contributions: van Hillegersberg R, Schipper MEI and Borel Rinkes IHM provided critical revision of the manuscript; Steller EJA, van Leeuwen MS and Molenaar IQ wrote the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Izaak Q Molenaar, MD, Department of Hepato Biliary Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. i.q.molenaar@umcutrecht.nl
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Received: March 12, 2011
Revised: April 20, 2011
Accepted: April 27, 2011
Published online: February 28, 2012
Abstract

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.

Keywords: Primary; Hepatic; Lymphoma; Liver; Diagnosis; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging