Primary Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma of the Spleen Presenting as a Splenic Abscess

A. Sakadamis Second Surgical Prop. Department, Aristotelian University, Konstantinopoleos 49, Zip code: 546 42, Thessaloniki, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]

K. Ballas Second Surgical Prop. Department, Aristotelian University, Konstantinopoleos 49, Zip code: 546 42, Thessaloniki, Greece

K. Denga Second Surgical Prop. Department, Aristotelian University, Konstantinopoleos 49, Zip code: 546 42, Thessaloniki, Greece

I. Venizelos Department of Pathology, Hippokration General Hospital, Konstantinopoleos 49, Zip code: 546 42, Thessaloniki, Greece

S. Rafailidis Second Surgical Prop. Department, Aristotelian University, Konstantinopoleos 49, Zip code: 546 42, Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract

Large cell anaplastic lymphoma (ALCL) is characterized mainly by the presence of large, atypical lymphoid cells with anaplastic nuclear morphology and positivity to Ki-1 antigen. We describe, to our knowledge, the fourth reported case of primary ALCL of the spleen. The patient, a 62 year old woman, presented symptoms resembling a splenic abscess.

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