title: Primary cutaneous angiotropic large-cell lymphoma in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are at increased risk of developing malignant lymphoma, particularly of the large noncleaved, immunoblastic, and small noncleaved cell types. Angiotropic large-cell lymphoma, a relatively rare high-grade lymphoma, has not previously been described in the setting of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Because angiotropic large-cell lymphoma most commonly involves the skin and central nervous system, and because of its relative rarity, its presentation in the skin of a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome may pose a diagnostic dilemma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, St Louis University Health Sciences Center, MO, USA.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Dunphy
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology