Fatal HIV-Associated Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma
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Lymphoma is a well-known complication of HIV infection. Such AIDS-defining lymphomas are usually aggressive B-cell lymphomas. However, epidemiological data have also linked HIV infection with an increased risk of T-cell lymphoma.1 Therefore, it is easy to appreciate why the number of AIDS-related T-cell lymphoma case reports has increased in the literature.2 We present an interesting case of fatal anaplastic large-cell lymphoma of T-cell phenotype associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in a patient with AIDS.
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