HIV-associated primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of ovary: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Although there have been few case series of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of ovary, no patient with AIDS-related primary ovarian lymphoma has been described in the literature.


METHODS
We report a case of human immunodeficiency virus infected female with primary ovarian NHL for which she could not receive standard NHL combination chemotherapy and standard HIV highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and succumbed to death within 7 months after diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Primary ovarian lymphoma is rare as compared with other ovarian tumors and has similar presentation to other common ovarian malignancies. The patients from developing countries cannot afford standard NHL combination chemotherapy and HAART as these drugs are expensive and are not provided freely to all patients, in state government run public hospitals.
Lanjewar
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Department of Pathology, Grant Medical College and Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals, Byculla, Mumbai-400008, India. lanjewar@bom7.vsnl.net.in
Dongaonkar
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D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*