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#Merkel cell polyomavirus. | #Merkel cell polyomavirus. | ||
#*See: ''[[Merkel cell carcinoma]]''. | #*See: ''[[Merkel cell carcinoma]]''. | ||
==Human herpesvirus-8== | |||
*Commonly abbreviated ''HHV-8''. | |||
===General=== | |||
Associated with a number of cancers: | |||
*[[Kaposi sarcoma]]. | |||
*Primary effusion lymphoma. | |||
*Body cavity lymphoma. | |||
*[[DLBCL|LBCL]] arising in HHV-8 associated multicentric [[Castleman disease]]. | |||
Other: | |||
*[[Castleman disease]], plasma cell variant. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
*No light microscopic changes. | |||
===IHC=== | |||
*Usually HHV-8 +ve. | |||
=See also= | =See also= | ||