| a case of hhv-8-associated hiv-negative primary effusion lymphoma in moscow. | primary effusion lymphoma is a rare tumor of b-cell derivation which is associated with human herpes virus type 8 (hhv-8) in 100% and with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) in most of cases. the paper describes the first case in russia of hiv(-) hhv-8(+) epstein-barr virus (ebv)(+) primary effusion lymphoma in a male patient aged 56 years. the tumor was located in the pleural cavity. interestingly, the patient was hiv-negative while having a positive tumor hhv-8 test. there are only 22 similar ... | 2007 | 17245713 |