Primary lymphoma of the liver: a case report and review of the literature

Primary lymphoma of the liver (PLL) is a rare disease and estimation of the real number of cases may be difficult because strict diagnostic criteria f or the definition of a primary lesion are quite often not followed. We repo rt here on a case of a patient affected by PLL who underwent successful sur gical resection of the lesion followed by chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation. The patient is alive and disease free 62 months aft er resection.