Diagnosis and surgical treatment of primary hepatic lymphoma

Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of patients, primary hepatic lymphoma and liver resection

Clinicopathological characteristics	Value (%)
No. of patients	9
Median age (at the time of surgery)	51.4 yr (range: 28-78 yr)
Sex
Male	4
Female	5
Hypertension	1
Rheumatic heart disease	1
Hepatitis B infection	3 (33.3)
Hepatitis C infection	1 (11.1)
PHL
Median diameter of PHL lesion	5.0 cm (range: 1.0-10.0 cm)
No. of PHL lesions
Solitary	8
Multiple	1
Site of PHL lesion
Left lobe	5
Right lobe	3
Bilobar	1
Vascular invasion
Present	0
Absent	9
Lymph node involvement
Present	1
Absent	8
Interruption of hepatic hilum
Present	9 (14.0 ± 4.2 min, range: 8-20 min)
Absent	0
Type of liver resection
Left hepatectomy	5
Right hepatectomy	3
Combined procedures	1
Length of operation	110 ± 59 (range: 50-255 min)
Blood loss of operation	211 ± 74 (range: 100-300 mL)
Adjuvant regional therapy
Present	5 (55.6)
Absent	4 (44.4)

PHL: Primary hepatic lymphoma.