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PEL and HHV8‐unrelated effusion lymphomas
Author(s) -
Carbone Antonino,
Gloghini Annunziata
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
cancer cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.23597
Subject(s) - primary effusion lymphoma , medicine , serous fluid , effusion , lymphoma , pathology , serous membrane , malignant lymphoma , sarcoma , human herpesvirus , surgery
Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) cases are universally associated with Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8 (KSHV/HHV8). PEL needs to be differentiated from those lymphomas occurring in patients in whom effusions complicate a tissue‐based lymphoma, the so‐called secondary lymphomatous effusion. A more subtle diagnosis consists of differentiating PEL from other types of lymphomas primarily involving the serous body cavities.

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