Anaplastic large-cell lymphoma in AIDS

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2015 Jul;28(3):378-80. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2015.11929282.

Abstract

AIDS-related malignancies may alter clinical courses and result in death in critically ill patients. We present a case of a newly diagnosed AIDS patient with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, Epstein-Barr virus, and cytomegalovirus infections who was found to have widely metastatic kinase-negative anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. This case demonstrates the diversity in the malignant presentation of HIV-infected patients, outside of the more commonly observed non-Hodgkin lymphomas.

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  • Case Reports