title: Primary pulmonary AIDS-related lymphoma.
abstract: Extranodal involvement is common in lymphomas associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, primary pulmonary AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is very rare and only few reports were published in the medical literature. Clinical presentation is nonspecific, with "B" and respiratory symptoms. Also, patients were with advanced immunodeficiency at the time of diagnosis. Generally, chest radiography showed peripheral nodules or cavitary masses. Primary pulmonary lymphoma associated with AIDS is generally a high-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Epstein-Barr virus is strongly associated with the pathogenesis of these tumors. We report a patient with AIDS and primary pulmonary lymphoma which clinical presentation was a total atelectasis of the left lung.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases, F.J. Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina. marcelocorti@fibertel.com.ar
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corti
authors.forename: María F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Villafañe
authors.forename: Norberto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Trione
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schtirbu
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narbaitz
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography