Korean J Intern Med.  2006 Dec;21(4):266-274. 10.3904/kjim.2006.21.4.266.

Four Cases of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in AIDS patients

• Kang KM
• Song DS
• Park JM
• Jung CK
• Hong YS
• Kang MW
• Park CW

• KMID: 759864
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2006.21.4.266

Abstract

The incidence of opportunistic infection has decreased since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy, so lymphoma is now far and away the most lethal complication of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. We have experienced four cases of NHL in AIDS patients. The first patient was a 37 year old male who presented with left sided hemiplegia due to CNS lymphoma. The second patient was a 40 year old male who was admitted because of jaundice; he was diagnosed as having lymphoma that exclusively involved the liver. The third patient was a 38-year-old male who presented with palpable mass in the left cervical region, which was diagnosed as lymphoma. Above three cases were confirmed as diffuse large B cell lymphoma. The fourth patient presented with a protruding swollen chest wall mass on the right side of his chest, this was determined pathologically to be the Burkitt's type. The latter case is the first report of NHL involving the chest wall musculature in a Korean AIDS patient.

Keyword

Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome; Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

MeSH Terms

Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Male
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/*complications/diagnosis
Humans
Fatal Outcome
Diagnosis, Differential
Biopsy
Aged
Adult
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*complications/diagnosis