Gingival Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Hyperplastic Benignancy as the First Clinical Manifestation of AIDS: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

• Main Authors: Rafaela Elvira Rozza- (Author), Stefânia Jeronimo Ferreira (Author), Diogo Lenzi Capella (Author), Stephan Schwartz (Author), Ana Helena Willrich (Author), Lúcia de Noronha (Author), Aline Cristina Batista Rodrigues Johann (Author), Paulo Henrique Couto Souza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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This paper presents an unusual case of gingival ALCL, which mimicked a benign hyperplastic lesion that occurred in a 57-year-old white man representing the first clinical manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The patient was referred to the Dental Clinic of PUCPR complaining of...