CONCLUSION
It seems that PEL has different clinical scenarios which we still don’t fully understand affecting both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients, each with different epidemiologic features and different prognosis. The role of chemotherapy treatment in our case is still to be discovered as the patient decided not to abstain from active treatment. Physicians should be aware of all clinical scenarios to offer the best treatment option for their patients.
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