Abstract
Patients infected with HIV are at increased risk of developing lymphoma. The lymphomas often involve extranodal sites and +/-90% are of B-cell phenotype. We describe an HIV-infected patient with unilateral multiple cranial nerve dysfunction, most likely as a result of a nasopharyngeal B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in which early histologic confirmation of the diagnosis was delayed by the simultaneous presence of nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue hypertrophy. It is of practical importance to recognize non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as a cause of cranial nerve dysfunction and to be aware of the possibility and the implications of the simultaneous presence of nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue hypertrophy in HIV-infected patients
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 164-166 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Annals of Hematology |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2002 |
Keywords
- Cranial Nerve Diseases/etiology
- Fatal Outcome
- Female
- HIV Infections/complications
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/complications
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Middle Aged
- Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms/complications
- Skull Base Neoplasms/complications