Primary Hepatic Burkitt Lymphoma: A Bizarre Site and Triumph Tale

Gaurang Modi; Irappa Madabhavi; Apurva Patel; Swaroop Revannasiddaiah; Asha Anand; Harsha Panchal; Sonia Parikh; Krunal Baldaniya

doi:10.1016/j.jceh.2015.05.002

Primary Hepatic Burkitt Lymphoma: A Bizarre Site and Triumph Tale

J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2015 Jun;5(2):159-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2015.05.002. Epub 2015 May 21.

Authors

Gaurang Modi¹, Irappa Madabhavi¹, Apurva Patel¹, Swaroop Revannasiddaiah², Asha Anand¹, Harsha Panchal¹, Sonia Parikh¹, Krunal Baldaniya³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical and Pediatric Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India.
² Department of Radiotherapy, Government Medical College, Haldwani, India.
³ Department of Radiology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India.

Abstract

Primary hepatic Burkitt lymphoma (PHBL) is an extremely rare form extra nodal lymphoma and till now only 11 case reports have been found in the literature. We are reporting an adult female with primary hepatic Burkitt's lymphoma, who achieved complete remission after 5 months of combination chemotherapy containing vincristine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, methotrexate, prednisolone and intrathecal chemotherapy. She is under regular follow up at our institute.

Keywords: CEA, carcino embryonic antigen; DLBCL, diffuse large cell lymphoma; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; PHBL, primary hepatic Burkitt lymphoma; non-hodgkin's lymphoma; primary hepatic Burkitt's lymphoma; primary hepatic lymphoma.