Radiology, Vol 196, 63-66, Copyright © 1995 by Radiological Society of North America

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AIDS-related lymphoma: radiologic features in pediatric patients

GP Siskin, JO Haller, S Miller and R Sundaram
Department of Radiology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn 11203, USA.

PURPOSE: To determine the clinical, pathologic, and radiologic features in pediatric patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)- related lymphoma and to compare these features with those in adult patients with AIDS-related lymphoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clinical and radiologic findings were retrospectively reviewed in nine children (aged 1-15 years) with AIDS-related lymphoma. All patients had neoplastic changes that were not consistent with hyperplastic lymphoid tissue. The children underwent ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and plain radiography. RESULTS: Sites of involvement by malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma at diagnosis were the liver (n = 7), spleen (n = 5), kidney (n = 4), central nervous system (n = 2), and testis and bone (n = 1). Symptoms included seizures, respiratory distress, testicular swelling, and increased abdominal girth. CONCLUSION: Children with AIDS-related lymphoma have symptoms distinct from those found in adults, but clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings show that almost any anatomic site in these children can be involved.

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