HHV8 positive lymphoma

Colon tumor
Lymphoma and hematopoietic lesions
HHV8 positive lymphoma

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Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description

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Case reports

HIV negative patient with Kaposi's sarcoma (J Surg Oncol 2001;76:197)
2 HIV+ men with EBV+ tumors but no primary effusion lymphoma (Hum Pathol 2002;33:846)
Primary tumors with secondary effusions (Am J Surg Pathol 1997;21:719)

Microscopic (histologic) description

Markedly pleomorphic cells resembling immunoblasts, somewhat similar to anaplastic large lymphoma