Abstract
The liver is more commonly involved by lymphoma as part of the dissemination of the disease. However primary hepatic lymphoma is very rare and account for less than 1% of the extra nodal lymphoma. This represents a lympho proliferative disorder which is confined to the liver and no involvement of lymph node, bone marrow or spleen. The disease can affect immune compromise patient and patient on immune suppressive medication, and less commonly has been described in association with collagen vascular diseases, chronic hepatitis C, B, and EBV infection [1]..
Highlights
Primary hepatic lymphoma is very rare in contrast to secondary involvement of the liver which is more common
The diagnosis of primary lymphoma is based on liver involvement with no distant lymphadenopathy and in the absence of leukemic blood manifestation or bone marrow involvements and no detection of disease during radiology staging [2]
The most accurate method of diagnosis of hepatic lymphoma is biopsy, which can be used for staging of the disease in Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Summary
Primary hepatic lymphoma is very rare in contrast to secondary involvement of the liver which is more common. The diagnosis of primary lymphoma is based on liver involvement with no distant lymphadenopathy and in the absence of leukemic blood manifestation or bone marrow involvements and no detection of disease during radiology staging [2]. Most studies found that the most common presentation of the disease is male predominance with abdominal pain and discomfort. The liver involvement can be diffuse in certain type of lymphoma.
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