Clinicpathological features and survival of patients with AIDS related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

To analyze the clinical characteristics, pathological features and survival of patients with AIDS related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (ARL) . The clinical data of 53 ARL cases diagnosed and received care at Zhongnan hospital of Wuhan University were retrospectively studied, and 106 controls were enrolled as control group according to 1∶2 for paired cases and control. SPSS 13.0 package was used for statistical analysis. Kaplan-Meier was applied to assess the survival probability. The mean age of patients with ARL was 43 (11-67) years. Male versus female was approximately 4∶1. The median CD4(+) T cell count was (146±20) /ml. The Ann Arbor clinical classification showed that 52.8% of the cases were of stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ. Approximately 54.7% of the patients had elevated serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) . According to international prognosis index score, 64.2% of the patients were in high risk group. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) was the predominant histological subtype. Among 53 cases, 33 cases (62.3%) received co