Lymphomacan develop in any portion of the body including lymph nodes, bone marrow, spleen, blood or other organs.
Lymphomais a group of diseases in which the cells of the immune system become cancerous and start to divide and multiply in a lymph node in an uncontrolled manner.
AIDS related lymphoma:
AIDSrelated lymphoma is a sickness in which malignant cells form in the lymph system of your body whether you have bought immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). AIDS is caused by HIV, which attacks and weakens the immune system of the body. Therefore, your immune system will be unable to battle infections and diseases that attack your body.
Whether you haveHIV, you have an increased risk of developing infections, lymphoma and other types of cancers. Lymphomas are divided into hodgkin’s and non-hodgkin’s lymphoma. Both types of lymphomas can occur whether you have AIDS, butnon-hodgkin’s lymphomais common.
AIDS related lymphomaare divided into three types: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, B-cell immunoblastic lymphoma and small non-cleaved cell lymphoma. Whether you have AIDS related lymphoma, the possible signs you can see include fever, weight loss and night sweats.
How AIDS related lymphoma can be detected?
Physical exam and history:An exam to check for lumps and your eating and past health problems are taken.
Total blood count:A sample of blood is drawn and number of ruddy blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are checked. Quantity of hemoglobin present in ruddy blood cells is checked.
Lymph node biopsy:Removal of a portion or all of lymph node is done and the tissue is viewed under microscope to see for cancer cells. To remove entire lymph node, excisional biopsy is done and to remove portion of the lymph node, incisional biopsy is done. Needle biopsy is done to remove the sample of a tissue from a lymph node.
HIV test:HIV testis done to measure HIV antibodies in a blood sample.
Bone marrow biopsy: Thistest is done by removing a small piece of bone and bone marrow by inserting a needle into the hip bone
By noreply@blogger.com (expedient)
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