Primary lymphoma of the esophagus in a chronically immunosuppressed patient with hepatitis C infection: Case report and review of the literature

Citation
M. Golioto et K. Mcgrath, Primary lymphoma of the esophagus in a chronically immunosuppressed patient with hepatitis C infection: Case report and review of the literature, AM J MED SC, 321(3), 2001, pp. 203-205
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES
ISSN journal
00029629 → ACNP
Volume
321
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
203 - 205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9629(200103)321:3<203:PLOTEI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma account for the vast majority of esophageal malignancies. Other malignancies that can involve the esophagus include melanoma, sarcoma, and lymphoma. Gastrointestinal involvement with lymphoma has a variable incidence, as reported in the literature. However, primary involvement, as defined by Dawson, is extremely rare. Lymphoma has been linked to immunosuppressive conditions (such as AIDS), medications, a nd transplantation. We present what we believe to be the first case of prim ary esophageal lymphoma in a patient on long-term immunosuppression with az athioprine who was also infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV has been postulated to have a relationship with B cell lymphomas.