Bush LM, Urrutia JG, Rodriguez EA, Perez MT. AIDS-Associated Cardiac Lymphoma-A Review: Apropos a Case Report.
J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care 2014;
14:482-90. [PMID:
24482102 DOI:
10.1177/2325957414520981]
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Abstract
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.
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