TY - JOUR T1 - Plasmablastic lymphoma JO - Medicina Clínica (English Edition) T2 - AU - Fernández-Álvarez,Rubén AU - Sancho,Juan-Manuel AU - Ribera,Josep-María SN - 23870206 M3 - 10.1016/j.medcle.2016.11.027 DO - 10.1016/j.medcle.2016.11.027 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-medicina-clinica-english-edition--462-articulo-plasmablastic-lymphoma-S2387020616306982 AB - Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare and aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that commonly occurs in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive individuals, and affects oral sites. Occasionally, it has been described in HIV-negative patients and involving non-oral sites. Pathologically, PBL is a high-grade B-cell lymphoma that displays the immunophenotype of a terminally differentiated B-lymphocyte with loss of B-cell markers (CD20) and expression of plasma-cell antigens. Epstein–Barr virus infection and MYC rearrangements are frequently observed. Treatment of PBL is challenging because of the lack of established treatment and poor outcomes, with median survival times shorter than one year. In this review, we discuss the clinical and epidemiologic spectrum of PBL as well as its distinct pathological features. Finally, we summarize the currently available approaches for the treatment of patients with PBL. ER -