Rare AIDS-associated plasmablastic lymphoma as the initial presentation of AIDS.
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چکیده
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is the sixth leading cause of cancer death in the United States and accounts for 2–3% of primary neoplasms.1 Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare AIDS-associated NHL of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) type. It typically presents in HIV infection in the oral cavity.2 Here we discuss a case of a young woman who presented with PBL in the rectum as the initial manifestation of AIDS.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical advances in hematology & oncology : H&O
دوره 8 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010