Article
[Lymphoma genesis in the context of HIV infection].
Annales de medecine interne - 1 Dec 2003
Besson Caroline, Raphaël Martine
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of lymphomas is high among HIV infected patients. These lymphomas are non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in 70% of cases and Hodgkin's disease (HD) in 30% of cases. Their localization is often extra-nodal with early dissemination. B-cell high grade NHL predominates. The most frequent histological types are diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (30 to 40%) and Burkitt's lymphoma (40 to 50%). Other histological...
Topics
- Adult
- Burkitt Lymphoma
- DNA Repair
- HIV
- Herpesviridae Infections
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Herpesvirus 8, Human
- Hodgkin Disease
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular
- Incidence
- Lymphoma, AIDS-Related