Thinking outside the cavity: effusion lymphoma primary to bone
marrow
Sean X. Gu1, Zenggang Pan2, and Mina
L. Xu1,2
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511
2Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT 06510
Corresponding author:
Sean X. Gu, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow, Hematopathology
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
55 Park St, New Haven, CT 06511
Email: sean.gu@yale.edu
Keywords: primary effusion lymphoma, extracavitary, AIDS-related
lymphoma
Word count, text: 198
Word count, abstract: 36
Number of tables: 0
Number of figures: 1
Number of references: 2
Key Clinical Message:
This case illustrates a rare and aggressive entity in AIDS-related
lymphoproliferative disorders and highlights the importance and
challenges of recognizing PEL outside of cavitary lesions.