Cutaneous Plasmablastic Lymphoma in an Immunocompetent Patient with Long-Term Pyrimethamine Use for Essential Thrombocythemia: A Case Report and Literature Review
We report a case of Epstein-Barr-virus-(EBV-) positive primary cutaneous plasmablastic lymphoma in a human-immunodeficiency-virus-(HIV-) negative, immunocompetent 62-year-old female patient. We postulate that her lymphoma development is due to the longstanding use of pyrimethamine for essential thro...
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| author | Ing Soo Tiong Magreet Strauss Michael B. Y. Lau Shingirai Chiruka |
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| description | We report a case of Epstein-Barr-virus-(EBV-) positive primary cutaneous plasmablastic lymphoma in a human-immunodeficiency-virus-(HIV-) negative, immunocompetent 62-year-old female patient. We postulate that her lymphoma development is due to the longstanding use of pyrimethamine for essential thrombocythemia. This has never been described in the literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c505ef8f91e64838a34e10657c0c2c122025-02-03T06:05:07ZengWileyCase Reports in Hematology2090-65602090-65792013-01-01201310.1155/2013/541783541783Cutaneous Plasmablastic Lymphoma in an Immunocompetent Patient with Long-Term Pyrimethamine Use for Essential Thrombocythemia: A Case Report and Literature ReviewIng Soo Tiong0Magreet Strauss1Michael B. Y. Lau2Shingirai Chiruka3Southern Blood and Cancer Service, Dunedin Hospital, Private Bag 1921, Dunedin 9054, New ZealandDivision of Haematology, Southern Community Laboratories, Dunedin 9016, New ZealandDivision of Haematology, Southern Community Laboratories, Dunedin 9016, New ZealandSouthern Blood and Cancer Service, Dunedin Hospital, Private Bag 1921, Dunedin 9054, New ZealandWe report a case of Epstein-Barr-virus-(EBV-) positive primary cutaneous plasmablastic lymphoma in a human-immunodeficiency-virus-(HIV-) negative, immunocompetent 62-year-old female patient. We postulate that her lymphoma development is due to the longstanding use of pyrimethamine for essential thrombocythemia. This has never been described in the literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/541783 |
| spellingShingle | Ing Soo Tiong Magreet Strauss Michael B. Y. Lau Shingirai Chiruka Cutaneous Plasmablastic Lymphoma in an Immunocompetent Patient with Long-Term Pyrimethamine Use for Essential Thrombocythemia: A Case Report and Literature Review Case Reports in Hematology |
| title | Cutaneous Plasmablastic Lymphoma in an Immunocompetent Patient with Long-Term Pyrimethamine Use for Essential Thrombocythemia: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full | Cutaneous Plasmablastic Lymphoma in an Immunocompetent Patient with Long-Term Pyrimethamine Use for Essential Thrombocythemia: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Cutaneous Plasmablastic Lymphoma in an Immunocompetent Patient with Long-Term Pyrimethamine Use for Essential Thrombocythemia: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cutaneous Plasmablastic Lymphoma in an Immunocompetent Patient with Long-Term Pyrimethamine Use for Essential Thrombocythemia: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_short | Cutaneous Plasmablastic Lymphoma in an Immunocompetent Patient with Long-Term Pyrimethamine Use for Essential Thrombocythemia: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_sort | cutaneous plasmablastic lymphoma in an immunocompetent patient with long term pyrimethamine use for essential thrombocythemia a case report and literature review |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/541783 |
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