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Hop Cochin, Paris

HIV+ MALT lymphoma remission induced by HAART alone

"MALT lymphoma is usually described in association with Helicobacter pylori, HCV, HHV8, Campylobacter jejuni or in a setting of overreactive immunity. In HIV+ patients, MALT lymphoma is most commonly described in children," wrote investigators in France.

"We describe here an original case of HIV+ MALT lymphoma with bronchial, conjuctival and laryngeal involvement for which a clinical and histopathological remission has been obtained with HAART alone," reported T. Girard and colleagues at the Hop Cochin in Paris.

The authors concluded that HIV, "as well as H....