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Laparoscopic Technique for Serial Collection of Liver and Mesenteric Lymph Nodes in Macaques
Published on: May 2, 2017
[Primary gastric lymphoma complicating HIV infection]
E W C Nacoulma1, A K Serme, J H Patte
1Service de médecine interne, Centre hospitalier universitaire Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso. eric_nacoulma@univ-ouaga.bf
Abstract:
This report describes a case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a 31-year-old patient in whom HIV infection was subsequently diagnosed. The woman consulted for epigastralgia. Her medical history included gastritis caused by Helicobacter pylori that was given specific treatment. Clinical examination demonstrated type III splenomegaly and blood film examination demonstrated hypochromic microcytic anemia and neutropenia. Outcome was rapidly fatal and the patient died before start up of anti-retroviral therapy. This case suggests that a possible link between HIV and/or Helicobacter pylori and lymphomagenesis.
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