a case of primary malignant non-hodgkin's lymphoma of the breast is reported. this is the first well-documented case of breast lymphoma in our institution and also in iran. the diagnosis of primary breast lymphoma requires the presence of lymphomatous infiltration in close ass, tissue in patients with neither previous lymphoma nor concurrent lymphoma in another site. there is no definite c...

Gynecological lymphoma is one of the rarest tumors of the female organs that need to be kept in mind in a suspected patient due to its different management protocol. Even though the reported cases of ovarian lymphoma are not limited; our knowledge about diagnosis and treatment of primary cervical lymphoma is restricted. There is a rising number of suggested imaging and pathological criteria tha...

primary hepatic lymphoma (phl) is rare and possibly associated with viral hepatitis and autoimmune diseases. scleroderma could exceptionally be complicated by lymphoma. we describe phl occurring in a 52-year-old female suffering scleroderma for eight years, with no history of cytotoxic or high-dose glucocorticoid therapy. ct scan, performed to work-up abdominal discomfort, constipation, and ele...

OBJECTIVE To report two cases of concomitant choroidal melanoma and intraocular non-Hodgkin lymphoma in two patients. DESIGN Case report. PARTICIPANTS Two patients with yellow creamy infiltrates in fundo. INTERVENTION Both patients had a complete ophthalmologic evaluation and histology was obtained after enucleation of the affected eye. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Histology findings of the en...

colorectal lymphoma is an extremely rare disease, representing less than 0.5% of all primary colorectal neoplasms. the disease is usually diagnosed in the advanced stages because of its primary non-specific symptoms. the most common involved site is cecum followed by rectum and ascending colon. diffuse large b-cell lymphoma is a more frequent subtype. although surgical resection is often techni...

primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare disease which mainly found in elderly men. it is usually a b-cell non-hodgkin’s lymphoma which primarily located in the heart and may involve the pericardium. the common presentations include massive pericardial effusion and heart failure. clinical diagnosis is often delayed in these patients and prognosis is dismal. we report a case of a 70-year-old man prese...

esophageal lymphoma is a rare condition, accounting for less than 1% of all gastrointestinal lymphomas. primary extra nodal esophageal lymphoma constitutes less than 0.2% cases of the total esophageal lymphomas. the definition of primary gi lymphoma has differed among authors. the etiology of the disease is unknown, with the role of epstein-barr virus being controversial. the common symptoms of...

Primary vitreoretinal lymphoma (PVRL) or primary intraocular lymphoma, a subtype of primary central nervous system lymphoma, often masquerades as uveitis. The diagnosis of PVRL requires identification of lymphoma cells inside the eye, which is often challenging due to the frequent necrosis and admixing of PVRL cells with reactive lymphocytes. Therefore, detection of immunoglobulin heavy chain (...

Fourteen patients with intraocular 'reticulum cell sarcoma' (non-Hodgkin's large cell lymphoma) ranging in age from 27 to 77 are presented. All patients had evidence of vitritis with 50% showing intraretinal and/or subretinal lesions and 21% having anterior uveitis. Five of the patients developed central nervous system lesions and subsequently died. Primary radiation therapy to the eyes and CNS...