Primary esophageal lymphoma in immunocompetent patients:Two case reports and literature review  

作　　者：Prasanna Ghimire 

机构地区：[1]Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Zhongnan Hospital,Wuhan University

出　　处：《World Journal of Radiology》2010年第8期334-338,共5页世界放射学杂志（英文版）（电子版）

摘　　要：Primary lymphoma that involves the esophagus is very rare,with fewer than 30 cases reported in the Englishlanguage literature.Non-Hodgkin lymphoma accounts for most of the cases.Esophageal lymphomas have varied radiological appearances,which poses diagnostic difficulty.We report two cases of histopathologically confirmed primary diffuse large B-cell esophageal lymphoma and describe their radiological features,and briefly review the literature.Primary lymphoma that involves the esophagus is very rare, with fewer than 30 cases reported in the English-language literature. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma accounts for most of the cases. Esophageal lymphomas have varied radiological appearances, which poses diagnostic difficulty. We report two cases of histopathologically confirmed primary diffuse large B-cell esophageal lymphoma and describe their radiological features, and briefly review the literature.

关 键 词：ESOPHAGEAL neoplasms NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA PRIMARY LYMPHOMA ESOPHAGOGRAPHY COMPUTED tomography 

分 类 号：R735.1[医药卫生—肿瘤]