Hepatosplenic gamma/delta T-cell lymphoma masquerading as alcoholic hepatitis and methadone withdrawal.

Case Rep Gastroenterol

Department of Medicine, MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham Union Hospital, Framingham, Mass., USA.

Published: September 2007

Hepatosplenic gamma/delta T-cell lymphoma is a rare neoplasm of mature gamma/delta T-cells with sinusoidal infiltration of spleen, liver, and bone marrow. Patients are predominantly adolescent and young adult males and usually present with marked hepatosplenomegaly. Pancytopenia is another common finding. Despite an initial response to treatment, patients have a median survival of one to two years. In this report, we document a case of alcoholic hepatitis and methadone withdrawal masquerading unsuspected, hepatosplenic gamma/delta T-cell lymphoma with unusual CD20 positivity.

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