Pancreatic lymphoma complicating early stage chronic hepatitis C.

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Pancreatic lymphoma complicating early stage chronic hepatitis C.

BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jan 10;2017:

Authors: Bhagat VH, Sepe T

Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has also been associated with many extrahepatic manifestations including the development of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Primary pancreatic lymphoma is very rare and comprises 2.2% of NHL and 4.9% of all pancreatic malignancies. Our patient was a woman with a history of infection with HCV found to have a mass in the head of the pancreas. Biopsy of the mass revealed a high-grade B-cell lymphoma consistent with Burkitt's lymphoma. Our case reflects a need to initiate antiviral therapy for all patients infected with HCV even in early stages of fibrosis to prevent cirrhosis and other extrahepatic manifestations of infection with HCV.

PMID: 28073869 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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