An Endotracheal Plasmablastic Lymphoma

We describe an exceptionally rare case of a male patient with newly diagnosed advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, who presented with a plasmablastic lymphoma involving the right maxillary alveolar ridge with associated cervical lymphadenopathy. On a staging positron emission tomog...

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Published inRespiration Vol. 98; no. 6; pp. 546 - 550
Main Authors Bots, Eva M.T., Opperman, Johan, Bassa, Fatima, Koegelenberg, Coenraad F.N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.12.2019
Subjects
Care and treatment
Case studies
Diagnosis
Diseases
Head and neck tumors
Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
Novel Insights from Clinical Practice
Trachea
South Africa
Plasmablastic lymphoma
Endotracheal tumour
PET-CT scan
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Summary:We describe an exceptionally rare case of a male patient with newly diagnosed advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, who presented with a plasmablastic lymphoma involving the right maxillary alveolar ridge with associated cervical lymphadenopathy. On a staging positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET-CT) scan, he was incidentally found to have an endotracheal tumour involving the anterolateral aspect of the mid-trachea. The tumour appeared to be well-vascularised at bronchoscopy and was confirmed as well-differentiated plasmablastic lymphoma. Plasmablastic lymphoma is a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and is associated with HIV. Tracheal involvement to the extent seen in our patient is exceptionally rare, and, to the best of our knowledge, has never been described.
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ISSN:0025-7931
1423-0356
1423-0356
DOI:10.1159/000503586