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PET/CT presentation of primary effusion lymphoma-like lymphoma unrelated to human herpes virus 8, a rare NHL subtype.

[primary effusion lymphoma]

We present a 71-year-old female with human herpes virus 8 (HHV8)-unrelated primary effusion lymphoma (PEL)-like lymphoma. Dyspnea and pericardial effusion led to pericardiocentesis, diagnosing diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. She underwent positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), which demonstrated hypermetabolic pericardial, pleural, and ascites fluid without lymphadenopathy elsewhere. Malignant fluid in the absence of lymphadenopathy is a hallmark of PEL. PEL is associated with immunodeficiency states such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and infectious agents such as HHV8. Our patient had no such history and had not received immunosuppressive chemotherapy. We present the PET/CT findings of this rare case of HHV8-unrelated PEL-like lymphoma.

Diseases presenting "immunodeficiency" symptom

  • adrenal incidentaloma
  • allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
  • cushing syndrome
  • dracunculiasis
  • hirschsprung disease
  • hodgkin lymphoma, classical
  • homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria
  • kabuki syndrome
  • legionellosis
  • malignant atrophic papulosis
  • oculocutaneous albinism
  • omenn syndrome
  • papillon-lefèvre syndrome
  • primary effusion lymphoma
  • primary hyperoxaluria type 1
  • pyomyositis
  • severe combined immunodeficiency
  • sneddon syndrome
  • werner syndrome
  • wiskott-aldrich syndrome
  • wolf-hirschhorn syndrome
  • x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

This symptom has already been validated