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Case Report

An Unusual Case of Primary Extranodal Lymphoma of the Gallbladder

by
Roberto Pezzuto
1,
Davide Di Mauro
1,
Luca Bonomo
1,
Amita Patel
2,
Edoardo Ricciardi
1,
Andrea Attanasio
1,* and
Antonio Manzelli
1
1
Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Service, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK
2
Department of Cellular Pathology, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Hematol. Rep. 2017, 9(1), 6972; https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2017.6972
Submission received: 15 November 2016 / Revised: 22 December 2016 / Accepted: 28 December 2016 / Published: 22 March 2017

Abstract

Primary gallbladder lymphoma is an extremely rare disease. We report a case of a 63 year-old woman who has been admitted with gradual onset abdominal pain in the upper right quadrant and in the suprapubic region, nausea and malaise. According to the computed tomography scan of the abdomen, which was suggestive of chronic cholecystitis, she was treated conservatively. A laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed 5 months later and the histological examingation of the gallbladder showed a low grade small lymphocytic lymphoma. The patient has been taken over by the hematology team who kept her under surveillance as no further treatment was deemed as necessary. The purpose of this paper is to report a rare case of primary gallbladder lymphoma and to demonstrate that a laparoscopic cholecystectomy may be a valid treatment for this disease.
Keywords: lymphoma; gallbladder; laparoscopic cholecystectomy lymphoma; gallbladder; laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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Pezzuto, R.; Di Mauro, D.; Bonomo, L.; Patel, A.; Ricciardi, E.; Attanasio, A.; Manzelli, A. An Unusual Case of Primary Extranodal Lymphoma of the Gallbladder. Hematol. Rep. 2017, 9, 6972. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2017.6972

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Pezzuto R, Di Mauro D, Bonomo L, Patel A, Ricciardi E, Attanasio A, Manzelli A. An Unusual Case of Primary Extranodal Lymphoma of the Gallbladder. Hematology Reports. 2017; 9(1):6972. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2017.6972

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Pezzuto, Roberto, Davide Di Mauro, Luca Bonomo, Amita Patel, Edoardo Ricciardi, Andrea Attanasio, and Antonio Manzelli. 2017. "An Unusual Case of Primary Extranodal Lymphoma of the Gallbladder" Hematology Reports 9, no. 1: 6972. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2017.6972

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