Multifocal primary extranodal B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving six extranodal sites

J Craig; K Walker; L Bayer; J Brunton; B Oliver; D Meiklejohn; N Kernohan; S Tauro

doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.060046

Multifocal primary extranodal B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving six extranodal sites

J Clin Pathol. 2009 Jan;62(1):89-91. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2008.060046.

Authors

J Craig¹, K Walker, L Bayer, J Brunton, B Oliver, D Meiklejohn, N Kernohan, S Tauro

Affiliation

¹ Department of Haematology, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, UK.

PMID: 19103866
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.060046

Abstract

An unusual case of Epstein-Barr virus-negative primary extranodal B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving six anatomical sites is described in a report that challenges the role of organotropism in the pathogenesis of extranodal lymphoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Herpesvirus 4, Human / isolation & purification
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Liver Neoplasms / pathology
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / diagnostic imaging
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed