Primary uveal B immunoblastic lymphoma in a patient with AIDS.
A case of primary intraocular malignant lymphoma without cerebral involvement is reported in a 30-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The study of the enucleation specimen showed a B immunoblastic lymphoma with a CD30 positive anaplastic large cell component. There was no involvement of the adnexal structures of the orbit. The patient subsequently completed non-surgical staging showing no extension of the tumour. The clinical course was rapidly fatal with dissemination to the pericardium and pleura.
Hofman
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Department of Pathology, Hôpital Pasteur, Nice, France.
Le Tourneau
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A
Negre
F
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Michiels
J F
JF
Diebold
J
J
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000473:pathology*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*