title: [Malignant lymphoma associated with HIV infection].
abstract: The course of disease in 119 HIV-infected patients (117 men, 2 women; median age 38.5 years) with malignant tumours other than Kaposi's sarcoma was analyzed in a multi-centre retrospective study. This was conducted to obtain initial information concerning the incidence, clinical features and results of therapy in HIV-associated neoplasms, especially malignant lymphomas. The most frequent tumour was malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (98 patients, 82.5%), seven patients had Hodgkin's disease, five had solid tumours, four a polyclonal lymphoproliferative syndrome, three an acute lymphocytic leukaemia, and two had other lymphoproliferative diseases. 58% of the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas occurred in patients with marked immunodeficiency, 85% were high grade malignancies and 47% had primary extranodal disease. 56% of primary nodal lymphomas also had visceral spread (Stage IV). Lymphoblastic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was more common in patients with favourable immunological status, presented less frequently with primary extranodal disease, was diagnosed earlier than other non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, and appeared to carry a better prognosis. 78 out of the 98 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma had been treated, 66 with cytotoxics. The median survival time was 6 months. Longer remission periods, of at least 12 months, were seen in ten of the 78 patients (13%). Despite the overall poor prognosis and the pre-existing immune defect, palliative (chemo-)therapeutic measures are both justified and promising, and may also result in life-prolonging remissions.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum der Inneren Medizin, Universität Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Mitrou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serke
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pohl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schrappe-Bächer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Knauf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Westerhausen
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Clemens
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Helm
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000209:etiology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone
vernacular_title: Mit der HIV-Infektion assoziierte maligne Lymphome.