Hepatitis C virus infection and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: a review and case report of nine patients

• Main Authors: Javier Lizardi-Cervera, Jorge Luis Poo, Karla Romero-Mora, Beatriz Castañeda, Raúl Pichardo-Bahena, Segundo Morán, Misael Uribe
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2006-10-01
• Series: Annals of Hepatology
• Subjects: non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; hepatitis C virus
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119319842
• ISSN: 1665-2681

The role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is well established in the development of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatic carcinoma, as well as in mixed type II cryoglobulinemia, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) and porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT). Increasing evidence has been reported of a close association of HCV infection with autoimmune and hematological processes, mainly cytopenias and lymphoproliferative disorders such as B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. We describe the demographic, clinical and histopathological findings of nine patients from the Mexican population with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and HCV infection.