B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. A report of 5 cases

Background: Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is well known as a cause of hepatocellular carcinoma, while B-NHL as the second-most-common malignancy related to this infection is less appreciated. B-NHL in chronic hepatitis C frequently, but not exclusively, develops in pts with cryoglobulinaemia, another haematological extrahepatic manifestation of HCV infection. We report here on 5 cases of B-NHL found in pts with chronic hepatitis C. Patients. Since 1993, B-NHL has been diagnosed in 5 HCV-infected pts (1 man and 4 women; age: 55 to 63 ys) treated and followed up in the Regional Hepatology Centre in Sze…