Plasmablastic lymphoma as a manifestation of the human immunodeficiency virus: case report

• Gonzalo Vera ^[1] ; Pablo Cordova ^[2] ; Gerson Sepulveda ^[3] ; Tatiana Benavides ^[3] ; Felipe Astorga ^[3] ; Wilfredo Gonzalez ^[4]
  1. [1] Universidad de Valparaíso

     Universidad de Valparaíso

     Valparaíso, Chile

     
  2. [2] Cirujano Maxilofacial, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile. Hospital El Carmen Dr. Luis Valentin Ferrada, Maipú, Chile
  3. [3] Hospital El Carmen Dr. Luis Valentin Ferrada, Maipú, Chile
  4. [4] Hospital El Carmen Dr. Luis Valentin Ferrada, Maipú, Chile. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Odontológicas y Médicas, Facultad de Odontología, universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile

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• Localización: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, ISSN-e 1989-5488, Vol. 12, Nº. 4 (April), 2020, págs. 429-432
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Plasmablastic lymphoma is a rare subtype of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which generally presents an aggressive clinical course and low survival rates. It is strongly associated with HIV infection and the most common site of involvement of the territory of the head and neck is Waldeyer’s lymphatic ring, followed by the gastrointestinal tract, lymph nodes and skin. The morphological characteristics of PBL in the oral cavity / jaw in the context of HIV infection show diffuse sheets of large immunoblastic cells with abundant cytoplasm, vesicular chromatin and prominent nucleus, a small located in the center with plasma cells differentiation. The main goal of this article is to review the literature of the plasmablastic lymphoma and report a case.