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Lint: immunodeficiency-associated-cns-lymphomas

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"Immunodeficiency-associated CNS lymphomas are recognised in the WHO classification of CNS tumours (2021, 5th edition) as a single diagnosis nested within primary CNS lymphomas 1. Within this diagnosis are a number of entities previously recognised as separate entities, all of which share immunocompromised hosts, large B-cell morphology and are EBV-related."

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"EBV-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the elderly"

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"HTLV"

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"Immunodeficiency-associated CNS lymphomas are of B-cell origin and therefore have the usual B-cell markers (CD19, CD20 and CD79a). In most instances, and unlike sporadic primary CNS lymphomas, these tumours are associated with prior EBV infection 1."

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"IgA deficiency"

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"Immunodeficiency-associated CNS lymphomas are of B-cell origin and therefore have the usual B-cell markers (CD19, CD20 and CD79a). In most instances, and unlike sporadic primary CNS lymphomas, these tumours are associated with prior EBV infection 1."

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"They express EBER1, EBER2, LMP1 and EBNA1-6 1."

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