Primary splenic lymphoma with filiform ultrastructure.

Fatal splenic rupture caused by an atypical malignant lymphoma in a Holstein cow

Postmortem examination of a 5.5-year-old Holstein cow with history of sudden death showed a veryhuge spleen (120 × 45 × 10 cm) associated with severe haemoperitoneum. Histopathological findingsincluded extensive infiltration of medium to large sized lymphocytic and lymphoblastic cells with smallamounts of cytoplasm, round nuclei with coarsely granular chromatin in the spleen, and limited foci o...

Primary splenic malignant lymphoma mimicking metastasis of rectosigmoid cancer: A case report

INTRODUCTION Primary splenic malignant lymphoma is quite a rare disease, and its preoperative diagnosis is difficult. CASE PRESENTATION An 80-year-old man was diagnosed with advanced rectosigmoid cancer with liver and splenic metastases, for which he underwent single-incision laparoscopic high anterior resection for the primary rectosigmoid cancer. After chemotherapy, he underwent laparoscopy...

A Peculiar Case of Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphoma and Review of Literature

Seventy FDG-PET/CT cases in which nuclear medicine physicians suspected lymphoma: How reliable are we?

Objective(s): To validate the reliability of nuclear medicine physicians in diagnosing lymphoma using positron emission tomography/computed tomography using 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG-PET/CT) and to determine findings that reliably suggest lymphoma.Methods: Seventy patients suspected of having lymphoma using FDG-PET/CT were enrolled in this retrospective study. Two nuclear medicine ph...

Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma with Primary Spleen Involvement: Report of Three Cases

The spleen is the primary organ of lymphoma in only 1–2 % of all lymphoma patients. We presented three cases of primary splenic involvement of lymphoma that were treated. Presentation of cases: In the first case, four solid lesions were detected, and in the second case, a hypodense lesion of 3 cm was detected in the spleen. Two cases underwent splenectomy. No complication and recurrence were ob...