Oral cavity lymphoma as secondary AIDS-defining neoplasm in a patient on HAART with immune reconstitution HAART with immune reconstitution Linfoma da cavidade oral como neoplasia secundária determinante da AIDS em um paciente com HAART e reconstituição imune

ABSTRACT Lymphomas of the oral cavity are a rare complication of advanced HIV/AIDS disease. The clinical appearance of these neoplasms includes masses or ulcerative lesions that involve the oral soft tissue and the jaw as the predominant manifestation. We report the case of a patient with AIDS who developed diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the oral cavity during highly active antiretroviral therapy, with undetectable plasma viral load and immune reconstitution. Key-words: Oral cavity lymphoma. AIDS. HIV. Immune reconstitution.AIDS. HIV. Immune reconstitution. RESUMO Os linfomas da cavidade oral sao uma complicacao rara da AIDS/HIV avancada. A aparencia clinica dessas neoplasias inclui massas ou lesoes ulcerativas que envolvem o tecido mole oral e da mandibula como manifestacao predominante. Relatamos um caso de um paciente com AIDS que desenvolveu um linfoma nao Hodgkin de celulas B difuso e extenso da cavidade oral durante a terapia antiretroviral altamente ativa com carga viral plasmatica indetectavel e reconstituicao imune.