Primary age‐related EBV‐associated effusion‐based lymphoma successfully treated with rituximab and thoracentesis

Abstract

Abstract EBV‐positive HHV8‐negative EBL is part of the spectrum of EBV‐positive diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma NOS. This entity can be labeled as primary age‐related EBV‐associated EBL and appears to respond well to rituximab and thoracentesis.

Keywords

• aEBV‐EBL
• age‐related EBV‐associated effusion‐based lymphoma
• EBL
• EBV‐positive DLBCL‐NOS
• EBV‐positive HHV8‐negative effusion‐based lymphoma