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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2013; 19(37): 6304-6309
Published online Oct 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i37.6304
Published online Oct 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i37.6304
Composite diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the stomach: Case report and literature review
Hong-Wei Wang, Yun-Long Lu, Jiang-Yang Lu, Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
Wen Yang, Lin Wang, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
Author contributions: Wang HW wrote the manuscript and organized the figures and patient data; Lu JY carried out the diagnosis and differential diagnosis; Yang W, Lu YL and Wang L helped carry out the literature analysis and assisted in writing the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Jiang-Yang Lu, MD, Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 51 Fucheng Road, Beijing 100048, China. jiang_yanglu@163.com
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Received: July 2, 2013
Revised: August 2, 2013
Accepted: August 20, 2013
Published online: October 7, 2013
Revised: August 2, 2013
Accepted: August 20, 2013
Published online: October 7, 2013
Core Tip
Core tip: Classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma (cHL) commonly manifests in lymph nodes whereas primary extranodal cHL in the gastrointestinal tract is very rare, and only single cases of primary gastric cHL have been reported in the literature. The combination of cHL and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) coexisting in the same patient is not common, especially in one extranodal location. The combination of cHL and NHL coexisting in the stomach is extremely rare. Here we present a case of composite diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and mixed cellularity cHL involving the stomach, and present a review of the literature.