title: [Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in patients with an HIV-infection].
abstract: In the period 1985-1990, 111 patients with AIDS were treated in the University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt. In 8 out of 111 patients malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma developed. The unusual and bizarre representation is highlighted by several clinical histories and a review of literature. HIV-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma is characterized by widespread extranodal disease, often at unusual sites, and high grade B-cell malignancy. The therapeutic outcome and survival in these cases has been disappointing. Prognosis is better for patients without a prior AIDS diagnosis, higher total CD4 cell counts, good performance score and absence of an extranodal site of disease. Treatment should be tailored to individual patients based upon a variety of prognostic features.
authors.affiliation: Afd. Inwendige Geneeskunde, Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam-Dijkzigt.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: van der Ende
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Michiels
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Rothbarth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Non-Hodgkin-lymfomen bij patiënten met een HIV-infectie.