A space-occupying lesion of the skull base, masked by nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue hypertrophy and causing cranial nerve dysfunction in an HIV-infected patient

Annals of Hematology
H J J van der VlietJ T M van der Meer

Abstract

Patients infected with HIV are at increased risk of developing lymphoma. The lymphomas often involve extranodal sites and +/-90% are of B-cell phenotype. We describe an HIV-infected patient with unilateral multiple cranial nerve dysfunction, most likely as a result of a nasopharyngeal B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in which early histologic confirmation of the diagnosis was delayed by the simultaneous presence of nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue hypertrophy. It is of practical importance to recognize non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as a cause of cranial nerve dysfunction and to be aware of the possibility and the implications of the simultaneous presence of nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue hypertrophy in HIV-infected patients.

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Jun 8, 2007·Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care : JIAPAC·Roberto ManfrediGinevra Marinacci

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