despite multiple published studies reporting result of salvage regimens for relapsed and refractory hodgkin's lymphoma, there are no comparisons of different combinations.a total of 44 patients identified with refractory or relapsed hodgkin's lymphoma were considered eligible for this study. the patients were randomly divided into two groups of 22, one of which were treated with gdp regimen (ge...

introduction: lymphomas as a group rank seventh as the most leading cause of death in cancers. stomach is the most common extra nodal site of primary lymphomas. on the other hand, new information demonstrates that malt lymphoma responds to helicobacter antibiotic therapy. we therefore decided to determine the frequency of distribution of helicobacter pylori infection in primary gastric lymphoma...

a 45-year-old female patient with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis complicated with composite lymphoma in the spleen and para-aortic lymph node presented with a one-month history of malaise, weakness and fatigue. only mesalamine kept ulcerative colitis under control. in physical examination, splenomegaly was revealed and pancytopenia was obtained from laboratory data. computed tomography scan ...

a case of primary malignant non-hodgkin's lymphoma of the breast is reported. this is the first well-documented case of breast lymphoma in our institution and also in iran. the diagnosis of primary breast lymphoma requires the presence of lymphomatous infiltration in close ass, tissue in patients with neither previous lymphoma nor concurrent lymphoma in another site. there is no definite c...

burkitt lymphoma of stomach is among the most rapidly growing gastric cancersassociated with several gasterointestinal  symptoms  including  hematemesis,  anorexia,  vomiting  and  etc. gastric perforation  in patients with burkitt lymphoma of stomach is a very rare condition especially after chemotherapy. we herein present a 21-year old man who was kwon case of gastric burkitt lymphoma who had...

abstract background: primary cardiac lymphoma is extremely rare. case report: in this care report, we present the case of a 46-year-old man with primary cardiac lymphoma involving left atrium and interatrial septum, presenting as dyspnea palpitation and irregular heart beat. the diagnosis was obtained by transthoracic echocardiography and surgical biopsy with subxiphoid approach which revealed ...

primary colorectal lymphoma (pcl) is a rare condition that accounts for a small percentage of all gastrointestinal (gi) malignancies. there are several reports in the literature regarding the most common features of pcl. however, primary lymphoma in the rectosigmoid junction has been rarely reported. our case was a 67-year-old male who presented with non-specific symptoms of bowel obstruction w...

Ocular involvement in lymphoma is a relatively rare condition that can result from a primary intraocular lymphoma or an intraocular manifestation of systemic lymphoma. Lymphoma manifestations frequently masquerade as other more benign intraocular conditions including allergic or infectious conjunctivitis, uveitis, multiple evanescent white dot syndrome, acute retinal necrosis, or herpetic retin...

  Primary Hepatic Lymphoma (PHL) is rare and possibly associated with viral hepatitis and autoimmune diseases. Scleroderma could exceptionally be complicated by lymphoma. We describe PHL occurring in a 52-year-old female suffering scleroderma for eight years, with no history of cytotoxic or high-dose glucocorticoid therapy. CT scan, performed to work-up abdominal discomfort, constipation, and ...

primary hepatic lymphoma (phl) is rare and possibly associated with viral hepatitis and autoimmune diseases. scleroderma could exceptionally be complicated by lymphoma. we describe phl occurring in a 52-year-old female suffering scleroderma for eight years, with no history of cytotoxic or high-dose glucocorticoid therapy. ct scan, performed to work-up abdominal discomfort, constipation, and ele...