Article
A clinicopathologic study of lymphoid neoplasias associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Italy.
Cancer - 15 Aug 1991
Carbone A, Tirelli U, Vaccher E, Volpe R, Gloghini A, Bertola G, De Re V, Rossi C, Boiocchi M, Monfardini S
Abstract excerpt
The clinicopathologic features of 45 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients (mainly intravenous drug users [IVDU]) with lymphoid neoplasias seen from September 1984 through July 1990 at an Italian cancer center are reviewed. Thirty-five had systemic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), and ten had Hodgkin's disease (HD). Histologically, 27 NHL cases were intermediate grade (five cases) or high grade (22...
Topics
- Adult
- Antigens, Differentiation
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- Hodgkin Disease
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Italy