Hodgkins lymphoma with HIV infection.

Manuscript received:April 24, 2006; Initial review completed: May 15, 2006; Revision accepted: June 12, 2006. The association between Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (HL) with HIV is common in adults but rare in children. A 5-year-old boy, known case of HIV on antiretroviral therapy, presented with prolonged fever, multiple enlarged lymph nodes along with hepatosplenomegaly. A diagnosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma was entertained on histopathological examination; further subtyping was done by immunohistochemistry.