Open AccessOral non-Hodgkin′s lymphoma as an initial diagnosis in a HIV positive patient
Author(s) -
Elluru Venkatesh,
Anjana Bagewadi,
Vaishali Keluskar,
Arvind Shetti
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of indian academy of oral medicine and radiology (print)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-1572
pISSN - 0972-1363
DOI - 10.4103/0972-1363.52824
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , disease , sarcoma , hodgkin lymphoma , pediatrics , dermatology , immunology , pathology
Patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) present unique diagnostic challenges because of a propensity to develop unusual infections and neoplasms. Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, the number of documented clinical manifestations has considerably increased. Current estimates are that 40% of patients with AIDS have a malignant tumor at the time of initial diagnosis, and the percentage may increase to 70% over the course of the disease. It is generally recognized that Kaposi′s sarcoma is the most common of these malignant conditions, but non-Hodgkin′s lymphoma (NHL) is also being diagnosed in greater numbers. The purpose of this paper is to present one such case of oral NHL as initial diagnosis in a HIV positive patient