Malignant lymphoma without lymphadenopathy

J Assoc Physicians India. 2008 May:56:383-5.

Abstract

Hepatosplenic T-Cell lymphoma (HSTCL) is a rare form of extra-nodal post-thymic T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that primarily involves liver and spleen with B symptoms, with a characteristic absence of lymphadenopathy. We report such an entity in a 65-year-old man who was diagnosed to have multiple myeloma and treated for the same for two years. A clinical diagnosis of secondary myelofibrosis was suspected and was investigated, when he developed pancytopenia and massive hepatosplenomegaly at one of his follow-up visits. The patient underwent therapeutic splenectomy with a simultaneous wedge biopsy of the liver and with their corresponding histopathological and immunohistochemical features, the diagnosis of HSTCL was clinched.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Hepatectomy
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / pathology
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / surgery
  • Male
  • Multiple Myeloma / diagnosis
  • Multiple Myeloma / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Spleen / pathology
  • Splenectomy
  • Splenic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Splenic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Splenic Neoplasms / surgery