Primary splenic lymphoma

Mushahid Aslam; Nuzhat Salamat; Nadra Mamoon; Mushtaq Ahmed

Author(s)

Mushahid Aslam Department of Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Multan. Pakistan.

Nuzhat Salamat Department of Pathology, Combined Military Hospital, Multan. Pakistan.

Nadra Mamoon Department of Histopathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi. Pakistan.

Mushtaq Ahmed Department of Medicine, Combined Military Hospital, Multan. Pakistan.

Abstract

A middle-aged lady presented with fever and splenomegaly and had been provisionally treated for malaria, typhoid and tuberculosis. Diagnostic splenectomy was performed which revealed diffuse large cell lymphoma, B type, localized to spleen. Patient had remission of disease after splenectomy.

Publication Details

Page(s) 307-308

DOI DOI not available

Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Year: 2006

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Keywords

Spleen, Splenectomy, Diffuse large cell lymphoma

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