Primary Splenic Lymphoma Presenting as Splenic Abscess: A Rare Entity

  • Anshu Jain aligarh muslim university
  • Noora Saeed aligarh muslim university
  • Veena Maheshwari aligarh muslim university
  • Abdul Bari aligarh muslim university
Keywords: Primary, Lymphoma, Spleen, Abscess.

Abstract

Primary splenic lymphoma are rare lymphomas which comprise less than 1% of the all malignant lymphoma. We present a case of 35 years old female with fever and pain in abdomen of a period of 20 days. The main purpose of this paper is to report a rare occurrence of primary splenic lymphoma and to demonstrate the possibility of it being misdiagnosed as splenic abscess clinically and on imaging.

Author Biographies

Anshu Jain, aligarh muslim university
department of pathology, assistant professor
Noora Saeed, aligarh muslim university
department of pathology, senior resident
Veena Maheshwari, aligarh muslim university
department of pathology, professor
Abdul Bari, aligarh muslim university
department of radiodiagnosis, junior resident

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Published
2016-10-03
Section
Case Report

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