HHV8-Negative Primary Effusion Lymphoma of B-Cell Lineage: Two Cases and a Comprehensive Review of the Literature [PDF]
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, 2013 Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a rare extranodal lymphoma that typically presents in a body cavity in the absence of a detectable tumor mass and that occurs predominantly in immunosuppressed individuals.
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The utilization of microbial cell-free DNA next-generation sequencing for the detection of human herpesvirus-8 in a quaternary care center [PDF]
Therapeutic Advances in Infectious DiseaseBackground: Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV8) can present with cutaneous or extracutaneous manifestations. While violaceous skin lesions characterize cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma, extracutaneous HHV8 is challenging to diagnose due to nonspecific symptoms ...
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Absence of human herpes virus-8 (HHV8) in nephrogenic systemic fibrosis [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2008 Background Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a fibrosing disorder that exhibits CD34 expression in the majority of lesional spindle cells. Several features of NSF bear similarity to Kaposi sarcoma.
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VALUTAZIONE VIREMIA HHV8 IN MALATTIE LINFOPROLIFERATIVE HHV8 RELATE
Microbiologia Medica, 2007 -
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Autoantibodies directed against insulin receptor during the course of Castleman disease: a new case reaffirming autoimmune hypoglycemia as a relapse warning signal [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal MedicineThis case study presents the case of a 54-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive male who developed type B insulin resistance syndrome (TBIRS) in conjunction with a relapse of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8)-positive multicentric Castleman ...
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HHV8-Associated Multicentric Castleman Disease: A Case Report on a Rare Complication of HIV in a Low-Income Setting [PDF]
Research and Reports in Tropical MedicineMarcus Ground,1 Thijmen Veenendaal,1 Daniel Rexie Chiluzi,1 Geoffrey Nkhonjera,2 Arie C Glas,1 Lisanne Glas-van Dijk1 1Mulanje Mission Hospital, Mulanje, Malawi; 2Oncology Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, MalawiCorrespondence ...
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Interleukin‐6 transcripts up‐regulation in lymph nodes from unicentric and multicentric Castleman disease [PDF]
eJHaemIntroduction Castleman disease (CD) represents a spectrum of heterogeneous lymphoproliferative disorders sharing peculiar histopathological features, clinically subdivided into unicentric CD (UCD) and multicentric CD (MCD) and presenting with variable ...
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In silico analysis of human herpes virus-8 genome: a comparison of the K1, VR1, and VR2 regions for genotyping and global geographical distribution [PDF]
Scientific ReportsInvestigations of the K1 gene revealed six main genotypes clustered according to geography. Here, the global distribution and HHV8 genotyping using the K1 gene and two hypervariable regions (VR1 and VR2) were evaluated. We searched GenBank for 6,889 HHV8-
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Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, 2021 Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a malignancy of vascular origin. It is caused by the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV). Immune dysregulation is a key feature in the development and progression of KS. The main aim of this study was to determine and
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Human Herpes Virus 8 in HIV-1 infected individuals receiving cancer chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BACKGROUND:Human Herpes Virus 8 (HHV8) can cause Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) in immunosuppressed individuals. However, little is known about the association between chemotherapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), circulating HHV8 DNA levels ...
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