Burkitt's lymphoma of the duodenum in a patient with AIDS

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Villafañe, María Florencia¹  F. J. Muñiz Infectious Diseases Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina¹  Schtirbu, Ricardo¹  Souto, Liliana¹  Soler, Marcela de Dios¹  Narbaitz, Marina¹  Corti, Marcelo¹  National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina¹ 

关键词: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma;    Duodenum;    AIDS;    Epstein-Barr virus;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822007000300017

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of B-cell type is the second most common neoplasm after Kaposi's sarcoma, among patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Most non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cases that are associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome involve extranodal sites, especially the digestive tract and the central nervous system. We report a case of primary lymphoma of the duodenum in a patient with AIDS. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed pseudopolypoid masses found in the second portion of the duodenum. A complete diagnostic study including histological, immunohistochemical and virological analyses showed high-grade B-cell Burkitt's lymphoma. The Epstein-Barr virus genome was detected in biopsies by immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization.

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