title: Molecular and pathologic characterization of an AIDS-related body cavity-based lymphoma, including ultrastructural demonstration of human herpesvirus-8: a case report.
abstract: Body cavity-based lymphoma, also known as primary effusion lymphoma, is a newly recognized acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related lymphoma that has been linked to the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8). To date, direct visualization of the virus in a clinical sample has not been demonstrated. We have performed an extensive clinical, histologic, immunophenotypic, ultrastructural, and molecular genetic correlative study on multiple tissue samples obtained premortem and at autopsy from an patient with AIDS with Kaposi's sarcoma and body cavity-based lymphomas. We demonstrate the presence of human herpesvirus-8 in a primary clinical sample at the ultrastructural and molecular level, as well as document multiple lymphomatous tumor masses at autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153-5385, USA.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Hsi
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Foreman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duggan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alkan
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kauffman
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Nickoloff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000032:analysis; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000737:chemistry / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000032:analysis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology*; D045567:VDJ Recombinases
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; C099537:Epstein-Barr virus encoded RNA 1; C106732:Epstein-Barr virus encoded RNA 2; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D045567:VDJ Recombinases