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Malignant lymphomas and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Evaluation of 30 cases using a working formulation.

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1986 Nov;110(11):1012-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/87047990
Di Carlo EF; Amberson JB; Metroka CE; Ballard P; Moore A; Mouradian JA

Abstract: Malignant lymphomas occurring in 29 homosexual men and one thalassemic woman with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related complex are reported using a working formulation for non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs). The patients' ages ranged from 25 to 59 years, with an average age of 42 years. Ninety percent of the cases were extranodal; 67% were exclusively extranodal. One case of Hodgkin's disease was encountered. All NHLs were of the diffuse types in both the intermediate- and high-grade categories, with the largest single group (49%) being of the diffuse, large, follicular-center-cell types. The NHLs in this series were classifiable as B-cell neoplasms and were aggressive as evidenced by markedly reduced median survivals. The morphological diagnosis as defined in the working formulation, especially for the intermediate-grade lesions, offered little significant prognostic information.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adult AIDS-Related Complex/COMPLICATIONS Burkitt's Lymphoma/COMPLICATIONS/PATHOLOGY Female Hodgkin's Disease/COMPLICATIONS/PATHOLOGY Human Lymph Nodes/PATHOLOGY Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's/*COMPLICATIONS/PATHOLOGY Male Middle Age Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Thalassemia/COMPLICATIONS Tissue Distribution JOURNAL ARTICLE

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