Burkitt's lymphoma shortly after an acute HIV infection, treated with highly active retroviral treatment.

Address for correspondence : Prof. dr. R. Colebunders Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Nationalestraat 155 B – 2000 Antwerpen Belgie Tel. + 32 3 247 64 26 Fax + 32 3 247 64 32 E-mail : bcoleb@itg.be Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) the incidence of opportunistic infections in persons with HIV infection has remarkable decreased [1]. HAART also reduced the incidence of Kaposi’s sarcoma and primary central nervous system lymphoma but the incidence of systemic non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma remained relatively stable [2].