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:Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is an uncommon aggressive lymphoma arising most frequently in the oral cavity of HIV-infected patients. Rare cases of PBL have been reported in extraoral sites, particularly extranodal sites, as well as in immunocompetent patients. We report an unusual case of PBL in a 69-year-old, HIV-negative non-immunocompromised man presenting with generalized lymphadenopathy. To our knowledge, this is the first case of PBL presented as primarily generalized lymphadenopathy in HIV-negative patients. Histologic examinations of cervical, inguinal and axillary lymph nodes demonstrated a neoplastic proliferation of large cells with extensive necrosis. The neoplastic cells formed sheets with a relatively cohesive growth pattern interspersed by small lymphocytes and plasma cells. The large tumor cells expressed MUM1, OCT-2 and BOB.1, and were negative for CD138, CD38, AE1/AE3, melan A, PLAP, S100, vimentin, CD117, CD30, ALK-1, leukocyte common antigen (CD45), T-cell, B-cell and histolytic markers, CD56, CD10 and BCL-6. The proliferation index by Ki-67 immunohistochemistry was approaching 100%. In situ hybridization for Epstein-Barr Virus-encoded RNA (EBER) was positive in large malignant cells. A diagnosis of PBL was made. These findings indicate that PBL should be included in the differential diagnosis of an HIV-negative, immunocompetent patient with generalized lymphadenopathy. The adjacent plasma cells were positive for CD138 and CD38 and show kappa-light chain restriction, but without EBER expression, raising the possibility of a preexisting or concurrent plasmacytoma and that the PBL may be a high-grade transformation from a preexisting plasma cell neoplasm following Epstein-Barr virus infection. Electron microscopy showed numerous circumferential long slender peripheral cytoplasmic projections in the large tumor cells, suggesting that some of the previously reported large B-cell lymphoma with cytoplasmic projections may actually be PBL.
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Exp Mol Patholjournal_title
Experimental and molecular pathologyauthors
Qing X,Sun N,Chang E,French S,Ji P,Yue Cdoi
10.1016/j.yexmp.2010.10.007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-02-01 00:00:00pages
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