Prevalence and imaging of hepatic involvement in malignant lymphoproliferative disease

From January 2005 to January 2010, 668 consecutive patients with lymphoproliferative disease were retrospectively identified. Hepatic infiltration was present at initial staging in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma [12 of 364=3.3%; age median=45; male:female (M:F)=10:2] but also Hodgkin's disease (5 of 41=12.2%; age median=19; M:F=0:5) and multiple myeloma (3 of 162=1.8%; age median=60; M:F=2:1). There were no cases of hepatic infiltration in 101 patients with leukemia. There are typical radiological patterns of hepatic involvement in lymphoproliferative disease with typical lesions characteristics.