Key result
Burkitt lymphoma presents as cardiac tamponade in a patient with HIV initially suspected of osteomyelitis.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the importance of considering HIV-associated malignancies like Burkitt lymphoma in the differential diagnosis of febrile illness and cardiac tamponade in patients with HIV.
Supports considering Burkitt lymphoma in HIV tamponade differentials; leaves open systematic studies on cardiac malignancies in HIV.
Febrile illness has a broad differential diagnosis, particularly among persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Infectious complications of immunodeficiency must always be high on this differential, but clinicians must also consider HIV-associated malignancies as an explanation for fever in this population. We present the case of a 48-year-old man with HIV initially thought to have osteomyelitis who was subsequently diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma presenting as cardiac tamponade.
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Chami et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Burkitt lymphoma presenting as cardiac tamponade in HIV (n=1). A 48-year-old man with HIV, initially suspected of having osteomyelitis, was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma presenting as cardiac tamponade.
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