Three cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in HIV-infected Bulgarian patients.

Three cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in HIV-infected Bulgarian patients. Infez Med. 2018 Jun 01;26(2):155-159 Authors: Yancheva N, Strashimirov D, Hrischev V, Tchervenyakova T, Nikolova M, Aleksiev I Abstract HIV-associated lymphoma was first classified as an AIDS-defining disease by the American Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1985. Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) are frequent malignancies in AIDS patients. The risk of NHL in the case of an underlying HIV infection is estimated to be 100 times greater than in the general population, and it increases with the progression of the retrovirus-related immunosuppression. Cases of HIV-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are widely documented in the literature. In this article we present three cases of NHL and HIV hospitalized over a period of three years (2013-2016) at our specialized department for AIDS patients. Two of them were initially diagnosed with NHL and then with HIV infection. In one patient, NHL developed despite the patient's taking background antiretroviral therapy. The first case was a 38-year-old male diagnosed previously with HIV, who developed a palpable mass in the left zygomatic bone. The second case was a 52-year-old male who was first diagnosed with a cutaneous lymphoma, and subsequently with HIV infection. The third patient was a 63-year-old male who presented with two palpable masses: one in the left part of the mandible, and the other in the right ingu...
Source: Infezioni in Medicina - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infez Med Source Type: research