A Unique Case of Testicular Plasmablastic Lymphoma in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare, aggressive, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma usually arising in the oral cavity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients. Here we describe a patient with HIV who presented with cutaneous nodules that were biopsied and found to be positive for PBL, but whose...

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Autores principales: Moazez, Carmel, Amar, Surabhi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
HIV/AIDS
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6684118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31410322
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4839
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Sumario:Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare, aggressive, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma usually arising in the oral cavity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients. Here we describe a patient with HIV who presented with cutaneous nodules that were biopsied and found to be positive for PBL, but whose primary source was found to be testicular. This is the first reported case of a patient with HIV who presented with cutaneous nodules that tested positive for PBL, but whose primary source of neoplasm was found to be testicular.

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