Sunday, November 25, 2012

L7

Mr. Smith is a 34 year old HIV+ patient who presents to your clinic with complaints of weight loss, fatigue, night sweats and painless LAD. You biopsy his cervical LN and see the following under the microscope:

Describe what you see:

higher power:


    BM aspirate shows the following:


What type of lymphoma is this?

What virus is associated with this type of lymphoma? Is it more prominent in a specific subtype?

What translocation is associated with this type of lymphoma?

Where is the endemic form typically found? What extranodal site is it associated with?

Is this an aggressive tumor? What is the prognosis?

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