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[Occurrence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in chronic viral hepatitis C]
E Vuillemin1, V Croquet, F Oberti
1Service d'hépato-gastroentérologie, CHU, Angers, France.
La Revue De Medecine Interne
|October 17, 1998
Abstract
Introduction:
We report the occurrence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during the course of chronic hepatitis C treated with alpha-interferon.
Exegesis:
Specific viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus and human T-cell leukemia viruses I and II may be at the origin of various lymphomas in human. The presence of B cell lymphoma in the course of chronic hepatitis C has already been described and could be related to the lymphoid tropism of hepatitis C virus.
Conclusion:
This new report of an association between chronic hepatitis C and B cell lymphoma should lead physicians to search for signs of lymphoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C.