Plasmablastic lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract: A rare entity with a dismal prognosis

CONCLUSION: PBL was seen to have a uniformly aggressive clinical course with poor outcomes even with optimal treatment. The prognosis of immunocompetent patients appears to be worse than that of HIV-AIDS patients. Although the most common histologies seen with GI lymphomas are mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type lymphomas or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, rarer and more aggressive histologies like PBL need to be kept in mind.
Source: Indian Journal of Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research