Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Negative and Human Herpes Virus-8 (HHV-8)-Positive Primary Effusion Lymphoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Negative and Human Herpes Virus-8 (HHV-8)-Positive Primary Effusion Lymphoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that presents with serosal effusion in body cavities, without obvious tumor masses. Although PEL occurs in immunocompromised patients that are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive, it also occurs in immunocompetent human h...

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Main Authors: Sonay Güven Karataş, Reyhan Bayrak, Özlem Şahin Balçık, Kadir Serkan Yalçın, Esra Atıcı, Ümit Akyıldız, Ali Koşar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2013-03-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Hematology
Subjects:
differential diagnosis
human herpes virus-8
human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
pleural effusion
primary effusion lymphoma
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