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Primary cutaneous plasmablastic lymphoma revealing clinically unsuspected HIV infection* * Work performed at Departament of Dermatology and Radiotherapy - School of Medicine -Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP) - Botucatu (SP), Brazil.

Abstract:

Plasmablastic lymphoma is a rare subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma more frequently diagnosed in immunosuppressed patients, mainly HIV-infected. Primary cutaneous plasmablastic lymphoma is extremely rare, and in this patient it was the first clinical manifestation of unsuspected HIV-infection.

Keywords:
HIV Infections; Lymphoma, Skin Neoplasms; AIDS-Related

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