[Human immunodeficiency virus-related non-hodgkin lymphoma: a clinical investigation at our hospital].

[primary effusion lymphoma]

We investigated 8 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL )in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV )seropositive individuals who were diagnosed and treated at Osaka City General Hospital between April 2002 and October 2012 . All patients were men , and the average age at the onset of NHL was 46 years (range : 30 -61 ). Histological types were as follows : diffuse large B cell lymphoma in 4 patients , plasmablastic lymphoma in 2 patients , primary effusion lymphoma in 1 patient , and Burkitt lymphoma in 1 patient . In 3 cases , HIV infection was identified before the onset of NHL . Highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART )was initiated in 6 cases , and in 4 of these , we administered antineoplastic chemotherapy . Three patients who did not receive antineoplastic chemotherapy died within 1 month of diagnosis . Although 1 of the patients who received chemotherapy achieved complete remission , this patient died of BK virus nephritis . The remaining 3 patients achieved complete remission and are currently alive after 6 to 9 months . We believe that the combination of antineoplastic chemotherapy with HAART will lead to prognostic improvement in HIV-seropositive patients with NHL .

Diseases
Validation

Diseases presenting "lymphoma" symptom

adrenal incidentaloma

alpha-thalassemia

carcinoma of the gallbladder

cushing syndrome

dedifferentiated liposarcoma

erdheim-chester disease

erythropoietic protoporphyria

esophageal adenocarcinoma

esophageal carcinoma

familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia

focal myositis

hirschsprung disease

hodgkin lymphoma, classical

kabuki syndrome

liposarcoma

locked-in syndrome

monosomy 21

oculocutaneous albinism

primary effusion lymphoma

severe combined immunodeficiency

systemic capillary leak syndrome

waldenström macroglobulinemia

wiskott-aldrich syndrome

This symptom has already been validated