• J Chin Med Assoc · Apr 2020

    Tumor lysis syndrome as a risk factor for very early mortality in HIV-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A 10-year single-center experience.

    • Yea-Yuan Chang, Chih-Hao Chang, Wen-Wei Ku, Jyh-Pyng Gau, and Yuan-Bin Yu.
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan, ROC.
    • J Chin Med Assoc. 2020 Apr 1; 83 (4): 371-376.

    BackgroundDespite the effectiveness of combination antiretroviral therapy, persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWHIV) remain at a high risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). We aimed to analyze the demographics and outcomes of the HIV-associated NHLs.MethodsBetween 2005 and 2014, PLWHIV with NHLs were retrospectively enrolled at a tertiary referral center. Characteristics and survival were reviewed and analyzed.ResultsTwenty-two HIV-associated NHLs were identified, with a median follow-up of 14 months (range, 0.1-139.7), including eight diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs), eight primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSLs), and six Burkitt's lymphomas (BLs). Nine patients (40.9%) were diagnosed with NHLs and HIV infection concurrently. The prognosis of DLBCL patients tended to be better prognosis than that of BL and PCNSL patients (median overall survival: not reached vs. 3.5 months, p = 0.056). Very early mortality (death within 14 days after NHL diagnosis) was noted in five patients (22.7%), and tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a predictive factor for very early mortality among PLWHIV (hazard ratio:11.3, 95% confidence interval: 1.1-114.4, p = 0.04).ConclusionManagement of the early treatment phase of HIV-associated NHLs remains a major challenge. Careful intervention to patients with TLS might be the key to improve treatment outcomes.

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