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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 112-115 |
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Extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the gingiva in an HIV seropositive patient
Karthikeya Patil, VG Mahima, HS Srikanth
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, J.S.S. Dental College and Hospital, Mysore 15, India
Correspondence Address:
Karthikeya Patil
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, J.S.S. Dental College and Hospital, Mysore 15, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.75008
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Among the myriad manifestations of HIV, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) are considered as the second most common malignancies after Kaposi's sarcoma. HIV-associated NHLs are extranodal and have a predilection for sites in the head and neck region in 50-60% of cases. Of all the extranodal NHLs, oral cavity constitutes only 25%. It is now considered that oral NHL serves as the first indicator of HIV infection. |
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