Lymphoma, Primary Effusion
"Lymphoma, Primary Effusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A rare neoplasm of large B-cells usually presenting as serious effusions without detectable tumor masses. The most common sites of involvement are the pleural, pericardial, and peritoneal cavities. It is associated with HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8, most often occurring in the setting of immunodeficiency.
| Descriptor ID |
D054685
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.386.480.150.592 C15.604.515.569.480.150.592 C20.683.515.761.480.150.592
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| Concept/Terms |
Lymphoma, Primary Effusion- Lymphoma, Primary Effusion
- Effusion Lymphoma, Primary
- Effusion Lymphomas, Primary
- Lymphomas, Primary Effusion
- Primary Effusion Lymphomas
- Primary Effusion Lymphoma
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lymphoma, Primary Effusion" by people in Profiles.
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Role of defective Oct-2 and OCA-B expression in immunoglobulin production and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus lytic reactivation in primary effusion lymphoma. J Virol. 2009 May; 83(9):4308-15.
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Immunophenotypic analysis of the Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV; HHV-8)-infected B cells in HIV+ multicentric Castleman disease (MCD). Histopathology. 2008 Nov; 53(5):513-24.