Primary effusion lymphoma in a patient with a good outcome on steroid alone treatment

Ofir Koren; Ariel Aviv; Moran Avraham Kelbert; Ehud Rozner; Liza Lihtman; Elya Halfin; Yoav Turgeman

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4020

Primary effusion lymphoma in a patient with a good outcome on steroid alone treatment

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Mar 4;9(4):2305-2309. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4020. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Ofir Koren^{1

2}, Ariel Aviv^{2

3}, Moran Avraham Kelbert⁴, Ehud Rozner¹, Liza Lihtman¹, Elya Halfin², Yoav Turgeman^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Heart Institute Emek Medical Center Afula Israel.
² Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion Israel Institute of Technology Haifa Israel.
³ Hematology Department Emek Medical Center Afula Israel.
⁴ Department of laboratory medicine Emek Medical Center Afula Israel.

Abstract

Same clinical entity can have different biology and can behave differently. This must be kept in mind while making therapeutic decisions. Primary effusion lymphoma is a rare and devastating disease with high fatality. Chemotherapy provides limited benefit. We describe a unique case of a good outcome with steroid alone treatment.

Keywords: human herpes virus type 8; human immunodeficiency virus; primary effusion; lymphoma; pericardial effusion; pleural effusion.

Publication types

Case Reports