AIDS-RELATED BURKITT LYMPHOMA

GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC FINDINGS OF A 35-YEAR-OLD MAN AFTER POST MORTEM EXAMINATION. A LARGE MASS WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT CERVICAL REGION. AFTER DISSECTION, THE MASS SHOWN TO BE A FLESHY GRAYISH-WHITE TUMOR MEASURING 12cm OF DIAMETER. KIDNEYS AND LIVER WERE AFFECTED BY TUMORAL NODULES. PANCREAS, THYROID, PLEURAL SURFACE AND HEART (580g) PRESENTED DIFFUSE NEOPLASTIC INVOLVEMENT. SPLEEN SHOWED A MICRONODULAR PATTERN. SYSTEMIC LYMPHADENOPATHY AND SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTING TUMORS WERE ALSO FOUND. THE BRAIN WAS GROSSLY UNREMARKABLE. HE WAS KNOWN TO BE AN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENT WHO WAS NOT SUBMITTED TO TREATMENT.

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