Primary hepatic lymphoma in an adolescent treated with hepatic lobectomy and chemotherapy

A case of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, confined to the liver, in a 17-year-old boy is reported. The patient was treated with an extended left hepatectomy and combination chemotherapy: Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide), vincristine, prednisone, and methotrexate (COMP). The patient remains disease free at 1 year. Cancer 65:2222-2226.1990, OST CASES of the primary hepatic lymphoma have M been reported in adults. ’ Only two cases have been reported in children.2 Both children received a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but died of disease within 7 months of diagnosis. We report a case of primary hepatic lymphoma in an adolescent boy that was successfully treated with a combination of partial hepatectomy and chemotherapy.