Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a unique type of diffuse proliferation of large neoplastic lymphoid cells most of which resemble B immunoblasts, but all tumor cells show the immunophenotype of plasma cells. It has a strong predilection for jaw and oral cavity in HIV-positive patients. Incidences of extraoral location of this tumor is increasingly being recognized especially in HIV-negative patients for example, stomach, jejunum, omentum, anorectum, lungs, testes, soft tissues, lymph nodes, bone marrow, skin, and central nervous system. We present a case of PBL found in cecum in an HIV-negative patient. It was accompanied by lung and lymph node involvement and presented as abdominal mass. This is only the second reported case of PBL originating in cecum.

This report describes the occurrence of splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes (SLVL) in a 56 year old white female with a family history of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Other unusual features included a marked lymphocytosis with counts up to 224 x 10(9)/l and marked clumping of lymphocytes in EDTA anticoagulated blood. The neoplastic cells were CD19+, CD20+, CD22+, CD22+, IgM+, lambda+, kappa-, CD5-, and CD10-. The spleen had nodular infiltrates of B lymphocytes in the region of the white pulp with minimal red pulp involvement. Electron microscopy of peripheral blood lymphocytes revealed cells with polar cytoplasmic processes. This report underlines the need for detailed analysis, including morphology and immunophenotyping, for each patient with a small B cell lymphoproliferative disorder.