Case report

Plasmablastic lymphoma: a rare and exuberant cutaneous emergence in an immunocompetent patient Mara D. L. Tavares1, MD, Taıssa C. Magalh~ aes1, MD, Fernando M. B. de Moraes2, MD, Juan Pi~ neiro-Maceira2, MD, PhD, and Marcia Ramos-e-Silva1, MD, PhD

1 Sector of Dermatology, University Hospital and School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, and 2Sector of Pathology, University Hospital and School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Correspondence Marcia Ramos-e-Silva, MD, PhD Sector of Dermatology School of Medicine Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rua Dona Mariana 143/C-32 Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22280-020 Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Conflicts of interest: None.

Plasmablastic lymphoma is a type of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). It is more common in patients who are positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining disease because patients generally have CD4 T lymphocyte counts of

Plasmablastic lymphoma: a rare and exuberant cutaneous emergence in an immunocompetent patient.

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