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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Three sequential lymphomatous tumours in a patient - Authors' reply |
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Ellie Choi1, Sam Yang1, Kong Bing Tan2, Derrick Aw3, Nisha Suyien Chandran1
1 Division of Dermatology, University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital, Singapore
2 Department of Pathology, National University Hospital, Singapore
3 Division of Medicine, Sengkang Health, Singapore
| Date of Web Publication | 11-Jun-2020 |
Correspondence Address:
Ellie Choi
Division of Dermatology, University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital
Singapore
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DOI: 10.4103/ijd.IJD_687_18
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How to cite this article:
Choi E, Yang S, Tan KB, Aw D, Chandran NS. Three sequential lymphomatous tumours in a patient - Authors' reply. Indian J Dermatol 2020;65:315-6 |
How to cite this URL:
Choi E, Yang S, Tan KB, Aw D, Chandran NS. Three sequential lymphomatous tumours in a patient - Authors' reply. Indian J Dermatol [serial online] 2020 [cited 2022 Jul 5];65:315-6. Available from: https://www.e-ijd.org/text.asp?2020/65/4/315/286409 |
Sir,
We thank the readers for their letter and comment. Indeed, defective immunity in an HIV-infected individual predisposes one to the development of multiple tumors, especially hematological malignancies.[1] In this patient, an HIV antigen–antibody test (4th generation test for the p24 antigen and HIV antibody)[2] performed in 2016 after the diagnosis of small B cell lymphoma was found to be negative. We trust this clarifies.
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| 2. | Vallefuoco L, Mazzarella C, Portella G. Fourth generation assays for HIV testing. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2016;16:723-32. |
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