Intraoral Burkitt's lymphoma in an HIV positive patient

Burkitt's lymphoma is an aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma composed of malignant cells of B lymphocyte origin. Burkitt's lymphoma is a rarity in the Indian subcontinent. Though intraoral Burkitt's lymphoma in HIV positive individuals is very uncommon, its importance lies...

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Autores principales: Ajila, Vidya, Gopakumar, R., Hegde, Shruthi, Babu, Subhas G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23188938
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.102126
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author Ajila, Vidya
Gopakumar, R.
Hegde, Shruthi
Babu, Subhas G.
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description Burkitt's lymphoma is an aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma composed of malignant cells of B lymphocyte origin. Burkitt's lymphoma is a rarity in the Indian subcontinent. Though intraoral Burkitt's lymphoma in HIV positive individuals is very uncommon, its importance lies in the fact that it is often the first sign of the underlying immunosuppression. We present a case of Burkitt's lymphoma in right maxillary region which was the first manifestation of HIV in the patient.
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spelling pubmed-35052882012-11-27 Intraoral Burkitt's lymphoma in an HIV positive patient Ajila, Vidya Gopakumar, R. Hegde, Shruthi Babu, Subhas G. Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Report Burkitt's lymphoma is an aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma composed of malignant cells of B lymphocyte origin. Burkitt's lymphoma is a rarity in the Indian subcontinent. Though intraoral Burkitt's lymphoma in HIV positive individuals is very uncommon, its importance lies in the fact that it is often the first sign of the underlying immunosuppression. We present a case of Burkitt's lymphoma in right maxillary region which was the first manifestation of HIV in the patient. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3505288/ /pubmed/23188938 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.102126 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ajila, Vidya
Gopakumar, R.
Hegde, Shruthi
Babu, Subhas G.
Intraoral Burkitt's lymphoma in an HIV positive patient
title Intraoral Burkitt's lymphoma in an HIV positive patient
title_full Intraoral Burkitt's lymphoma in an HIV positive patient
title_fullStr Intraoral Burkitt's lymphoma in an HIV positive patient
title_full_unstemmed Intraoral Burkitt's lymphoma in an HIV positive patient
title_short Intraoral Burkitt's lymphoma in an HIV positive patient
title_sort intraoral burkitt's lymphoma in an hiv positive patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23188938
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.102126
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