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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-4 | Issue-07
An Atypical Case of Primary Gastric Lymphoma
Souvik Basak, Abhishek Sharma, Kiran Nath, Kashinath Das
Published: July 30, 2016 | 137 166
DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2016.v04i07.021
Pages: 525-530
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Abstract
We report a case of a fifty-two-year old gentleman who presented with a history of early satiety after meals altered bowel habits for 1 month and fever for 2 weeks. On local examination, an intra-abdominal, non-tender, variegated swelling was found extending from left hypochondrium to the epigastric region. Contrast enhanced CT scan showed a heterogeneous mass (11 cm x 11 cm) at left upper quadrant, medial to spleen, compressing the stomach, ?Neoplastic lesion. Exploratory laparotomy found a huge irregular mass involving spleen, tail of pancreas, gerota’s fascia and greater curvature of stomach, having adhesion with diaphragm and omentum, but without any enlarged lymph nodes. En-bloc excision of mass along with spleen, tail of pancreas, and a sleeve of stomach including the greater curvature was preformed. Subsequently, histopathology and immunohistochemistry confirmed it to be a case of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of stomach (DLBCL).The rarity of the diagnosis along with its nature of presentation, and absence of several characteristic features make this case an interesting one.