Primary malignant lymphoma of the spleen in a long surviving patient and review of the literature

: A case of primary malignant lymphoma of the spleen is presented. The tumor was successfully removed and eight years after the surgery, the patient died without any recurrence of the malignant lymphoma. A review of the literature, with special reference to prognosis is also presented. Long-term follow-up is necessary in patients with primary malignant lymphoma of the spleen who have been curatively operated because the malignant lymphoma of the spleen may in fact be a metastatic lesion from nodal and extranodal lymphomas, or may be a partial lesion from a multicentrically originating lymphoma.