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Journal of Clinical Pathology 2007;60:80-81; doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.037556
Copyright © 2007 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Association of Clinical Pathologists.

CASE REPORT

Plasmablastic lymphoma presenting as a paravertebral mass in a patient with Crohn’s disease after immunosuppressive therapy

M Redmond1, J Quinn2, P Murphy2, S Patchett1 and M Leader3

1 Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
2 Department of Haematology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
3 Department of Histopathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr M Redmond
Department of Histopathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; maeve_redmond{at}yahoo.ie

ABSTRACT

The case of a 32-year-old man with a paravertebral mass and skin nodules, occurring against a background of immunosuppressive therapy for Crohn’s disease, is presented. The tumours showed morphological and immunophenotypical features of plasmablastic lymphoma. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of plasmablastic lymphoma presenting in this location, and also after immunosuppression with infliximab treatment for Crohn’s disease.

Abbreviations: EBV, Epstein–Barr virus; PBL, plasmablastic lymphoma


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