title: Primary effusion lymphomas in AIDS: CT findings in two cases.
abstract: Primary effusion lymphomas represent an unusual subset of AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. They are associated with herpes virus 8 and Epstein-Barr virus and characterized by predominant involvement of the serous body cavities (pleura, pericardium, peritoneum) as lymphomatous effusion without any identifiable tumour mass. We report herein CT findings in two patients with primary effusion lymphoma emphasizing the possible neoplastic nature of a pleural effusion in a patient with AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scienze Radiologiche, Università di Parma, Viale Gramsci, 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. ferrozzi@unipr.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrozzi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tognini
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Mulonzia
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bova
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pavone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000821:virology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed