Soft-tissue masses as presentation of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in AIDS patients

  • Corti M
  • Villafane M
  • Bistmans A
  • et al.
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Abstract

Primary soft tissue Non-Hodgkin lymphomas are very rare and account only for 0.1 % of the cases. Generally, Non-Hodgkin lymphomas of the soft tissue present as large subcutaneous masses without evidence of nodal or skin involvement. We describe four cases of primary Non-Hodgkin lymphomas of the soft tissue in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. The most common site of involvement was the chest wall in all the patients; histopathological and immunophenotypic examination of the biopsy smears revealed two cases of plasmablastic lymphomas, one Burkitt and one diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Non-Hodgkin lymphomas should be included in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue masses in human immunodeficiency virus - seropositive patients.Os linfomas Não-Hodgkin primários de tecidos moles são muito raros e responsáveis por somente 0,1% dos casos. Geralmente, os linfomas Não-Hodgkin de tecidos moles se apresentam como massas subcutâneas sem evidência de comprometimento dos nódulos ou da pele. Descrevemos aqui quatro casos de linfomas Não-Hodgkin primário de tecidos moles em pacientes infectados pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana. O local mais comum de comprometimento foi a parede torácica em todos os pacientes; os exames histopatológico e imunofenotípico do esfregaço da biópsia revelaram dois casos de linfoma plasmablástico, um linfoma de Burkitt e um linfoma difuso de grandes células B. O linfoma Não-Hodgkin deve ser incluído no diagnóstico diferencial de massas de tecidos moles nos pacientes soropositivos para vírus da imunodeficiência humana.

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Corti, M., Villafane, M. F., Bistmans, A., Campitelli, A., & Narbaitz, M. (2013). Soft-tissue masses as presentation of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in AIDS patients. Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 88(4), 631–634. https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132138

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