AIDS-Associated Cardiac Lymphoma-A Review: Apropos a Case Report.
Despite treatment with potent and effective combination antiretroviral medications, the incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in the population living with HIV/AIDS remains significantly higher than that in noninfected individuals. The majority of the HIV-infected patients with NHL present with advanced stage extranodal disease of the B-cell phenotype. Lymphomas are the second most common tumors involving the heart in HIV-infected patients. Although the heart may serve as the primary focus of the lymphoma, in most HIV-related cases, cardiac lymphomatous involvement is part of a metastatic process that originated elsewhere.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine, JFK Medical Center, Palm Beach County, FL, USA drlarry561@aol.com.
Larry M
LM
Bush
Internal Medicine, University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine, JFK Medical Center, Palm Beach County, FL, USA.
Jose G
JG
Urrutia
Internal Medicine, University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine, JFK Medical Center, Palm Beach County, FL, USA.
Eduardo A
EA
Rodriguez
Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Integrated Regional Laboratory Pathology Services, JFK Medical Center, Palm Beach County, FL, USA.
Maria T
MT
Perez
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
AIDS; cardiac; lymphoma