primary effusion lymphoma
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Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a large B-cell lymphoma located in the body cavities, characterized by pleural, peritoneal, and pericardial fluid lymphomatous effusions and that is always associated with human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8)
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
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- Commons category
- Primary effusion lymphoma
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C6915
- ICD-9-CM
- 202.80
- health specialty
- angiology
- exact match
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