Primary Lymphoma of the Esophagus in a Chronically Immunosuppressed Patient with Hepatitis C Infection:Case Report and Review of the Literature
作者:
Michael Golioto,
Kevin McGrath,
期刊:
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
(OVID Available online 2001)
卷期:
Volume 321,
issue 3
页码: 203-205
ISSN:0002-9629
年代: 2001
出版商: OVID
关键词: Lymphoma;Hepatitis C;Immunosuppression
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma account for the vast majority of esophageal malignancies. Other malignancies that can involve the esophagus include melanoma, sarcoma, and lymphoma. Gastrointestinal involvement with lymphoma has a variable incidence, as reported in the literature. However, primary involvement, as defined by Dawson, is extremely rare. Lymphoma has been linked to immunosuppressive conditions (such as AIDS), medications, and transplantation. We present what we believe to be the first case of primary esophageal lymphoma in a patient on long-term immunosuppression with azathioprine who was also infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV has been postulated to have a relationship with B cell lymphomas.
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