Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of prostate

Since 1877, 42 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the prostate have been reported in the medical literature, whereby the occurrence of a primary process could only be assumed in a very few of these. We report a case of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the prostate, including a review of literature, and point out the difficulties involved in diagnosing such cases.