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Primary effusion lymphoma: a liquid phase lymphoma of fluid-filled body cavities.
Advances in cancer research - 1 Jan 2001
Gaidano G, Carbone A
Abstract excerpt
Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a B-cell neoplasm characterized by infection of the tumor clone by human herpesvirus type-8/Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (HHV-8/KSHV) and by liquid growth in fluid-filled body spaces. During its entire clinical course, the lymphoma tends to remain localized to the serous body cavities with no formation of solid tumor masses. The epidemiology of PEL points to a close...
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