Primary chest wall Burkitt lymphoma in a case of HIV infection with immune reconstitution.

Burkitt lymphoma (BL) develops at an increased frequency in patients with HIV irrespective of the CD4 count. Lymph nodes and gastrointestinal tract are common sites of involvement by BL; however, primary chest wall BL is rare. A 52-year-old man on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for HIV with a CD4 count of 0.

Aggressive systemic mastocytosis presenting as rapidly progressive ascites, generalised lymphadenopathy and osteosclerosis.

Rapidly progressive ascites is a frequent clinical manifestation of advanced abdominal malignancies or portal hypertension due to liver diseases. We report a case of 61-year-old man who presented with rapidly progressive ascites. The presence of ascites, generalised lymphadenopathy, osteosclerosis on imaging and hepatosplenomegaly initially pointed towards the diagnosis of advanced high-grade lymphoma or accelerated myeloid neoplasm.