title: Oropharyngeal plasmablastic lymphoma in a man with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A case report.
abstract: Oropharyngeal lymphomas are rare, typically high-grade neoplasms. We describe a case of plasmablastic lymphoma that originated in the oropharynx of a 40-year-old man who was positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The diagnosis was based on fine-needle aspiration cytology of the mass followed by histopathologic examination supplemented with immunophenotyping. The mass was excised, but the patient refused antiretroviral therapy, and he died within 6 months of the diagnosis. In HIV-positive patients, non-Hodgkin lymphomas frequently involve sites, including the oropharynx, that are unusual in patients without HIV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Lighthouse Hill Rd., Mangalore, Karnataka-575 001, India. sowmya.kulkarni@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Sowmya T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Rajaram
authors.forename: Flora D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.forename: Chandrayya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Achary
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016400:Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016312:Treatment Refusal