Unusual case of human herpesvirus 8‐positive large B‐cell lymphoma associated with Castleman disease

Narittee Sukswai; Kirill Lyapichev; L. Jeffrey Medeiros; Joseph D. Khoury

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2015

Clinical Case Reports (Mar 2019)

Unusual case of human herpesvirus 8‐positive large B‐cell lymphoma associated with Castleman disease

Narittee Sukswai,
Kirill Lyapichev,
L. Jeffrey Medeiros,
Joseph D. Khoury

Affiliations

Narittee Sukswai: Department of Hematopathology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas
Kirill Lyapichev: Department of Hematopathology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas
L. Jeffrey Medeiros: Department of Hematopathology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas
Joseph D. Khoury: Department of Hematopathology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2015
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 3
pp. 587 – 588

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Key Clinical Message An overlap between human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) ‐positive diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma and HHV8‐positive germinotropic lymphoproliferative disorder has been proposed. We present a unique Epstein‐Barr virus‐associated case in which features of both conditions were present.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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