CASE REPORT
A Case of Primary Follicular Malignant Lymphoma of the Spleen
Naoki Saigusa, Kazuo Saigusa, Masao Nunomura1), Kenji Oda2), Testuo Shiozaki2), Masahiko Sugano2)
Department of Surgery, Saigusa Hospital
1)First Department of Surgery, Medical School, Chiba University
2)Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Saisei Hospital
A case of primary follicular malignant lymphoma is reported. The patient was a 71-year-old woman who was found to have a splenic tumor by ultrasonography. Splenectomy with regional lymph-node dissection was performed. A hard irregular mass was palpable in the moderately enlarged spleen. The excised spleen measured 12 by 9 by 8 cm, weighted 390 grams and was partially replaced by a yellowishbrown tumor. Histological diagnosis was malignant lymphoma, follicular medium cell type. No adjuvant chemotherapy was performed because of the histological type and low stage (Stage 1 by Ahmann's classification). Six months later, malignant lymphoma recurred in the pleural cavity, and CHOP therapy was performed. She is alive 16 months after the operation. Primary follicular malignant lymphoma of the spleen is very rare, so we reported here.
Key words
primary splenic tumor, malignant lymphoma, follicular lymphoma of the spleen
Jpn J Gastroenterol Surg 31: 1802-1806, 1998
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Naoki Saigusa Department of Surgery, Saigusa Hospital
1641 Aoki, Futtu, 293-0012 JAPAN
Accepted
February 12, 1998
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