Definition
In 1992, Stein and Dallenbach for the first time used the term “plasmablastic lymphoma” (PBL). Plasmablastic lymphoma of the oral cavity was first reported in patients infected by HIV in 1997. Subsequently, this lymphoma was observed in other extranodal sites, predominantly in HIV-infected patients. Then, the term “plasmablastic lymphoma of the oral cavity type” was proposed. In 2001, plasmablastic lymphoma was included in the WHO classification as a rare subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), and, in 2008, it was incorporated into the WHO classification as a distinct entity (Stein et al. 2008; Campo et al. 2017).
Clinical Features
Incidence
PBL together with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) and primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a minor fraction (about 7–8 %) of DLBCL which represents about 70 % of the HIV-associated lymphomas (Wang et al. 2014)....
References and Further Reading
Campo, E., Stein, H. & Harris, N.L. (2017) Plasmablastic lymphoma. In Swerdlow, S.H., Campo, E., Harris, N.L., Jaffe, E.S., Pileri, S.A., Stein, H., Thiele, J., Arber, T.A., Hasserjian, R.P., Le Beau, M.M., Orazi, A. & Siebert R, eds. WHO classification of tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues (pp 321–322) Revised 4th ed. Lyon: IARC.
Carbone, A., Vaccher, E., Gloghini, A., Pantanowitz, L., Abayomi, A., de Paoli, P., & Franceschi, S. (2014). Diagnosis and management of lymphomas and other cancers in HIV-infected patients. Nature Reviews. Clinical Oncology, 11, 223–238.
Castillo, J., Pantanowitz, L., & Dezube, B. J. (2008). HIV-associated plasmablastic lymphoma: lessons learned from 112 published cases. American Journal of Hematology, 83, 804–809.
Castillo, J. J., Bibas, M., & Miranda, R. N. (2015). The biology and treatment of plasmablastic lymphoma. Blood, 125, 2323–2330.
Medeiros, L.J, O’Malley, D.P., Caraway, N.P., Vega, F., Elenitoba-Johnson, K.S.J. & Lim, M.S. (2017) Plasmablastic lymphoma. In: Tumors of the lymph nodes and spleen (pp 375–388) AFIP Atlas of Tumor Pathology, 4th Series, Fascicle 25. Washington DC: American Registry of Pathology.
Stein, H., Harris, N. L., & Campo, E. (2008). Plasmablastic lymphoma. In S. H. Swerdlow, E. Campo, N. L. Harris, E. S. Jaffe, S. A. Pileri, H. Stein, J. Thiele, & J. W. Vardiman (Eds.), WHO classification of tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues (4th ed., pp. 256–257). Lyon: IARC.
Wang, H.-Y., Wong-Sefidan, I., & Reid, E. (2014). Plasmablastic lymphoma. In E. Yarchoan (Ed.), Cancers in people with HIV and AIDS (pp. 223–234). New York: Springer.
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Carbone, A., Gloghini, A. (2018). Plasmablastic Lymphoma. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_3834-1
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