Report of an HIV and HHV-8 negative case of primary effusion lymphoma with idiopathic T4 lymphocytopenia
β Scribed by Nikolaos J. Tsagarakis; Aspasia Argyrou; Georgios Gortzolidis; Nektaria Kentrou; Stefanos I. Papadhimitriou; Konstantina Tzanetou; Georgios Kakiopoulos; Konstantinos A. Papadimitriou; Dimitra Skoumi; Georgios Paterakis
- Book ID
- 107618794
- Publisher
- Carden Jennings Publishing
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 269 KB
- Volume
- 90
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0925-5710
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## Abstract Primary effusion lymphoma is a rare tumor of Bβcell derivation which is associated with human herpes virus type 8 (HHVβ8) in 100% and with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in most of cases. The paper describes the first case in Russia of HIV^β^ HHVβ8^+^ EpsteinβBarr virus (EBV)^+^ pri
Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a novel lymphoproliferative disorder associated with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection. Most PELs develop in HIV-seropositive individuals and are nearly always positive for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a finding which obscures the role of HHV-8 in lymphomagenesis.