Human immunodeficiency virus-negative plasmablastic lymphoma: A case report and literature review.

RATIONALE: Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare subtype of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that predominantly manifests in the oral cavity.

PATIENT CONCERNS: Three cases of HIV-negative PBL were reported.

DIAGNOSES: HIV-negative PBL INTERVENTIONS:: The patient had undergone chemotherapy.

OUTCOMES: Clinical outcomes were very poor in Cases 1 and 3; Case 2, whose diagnosis suggested no bone marrow involvement, is still alive.

LESSONS SUBSECTIONS: These cases served to broaden the reported clinical spectrum of HIV-negative PBL. Clinicians and pathologists need to be familiar with lymphoma in the identified extra-oral PBL variation and there levant differential diagnosis procedures for this particular disease.