Non-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-defining malignancies in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

From: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

* Context.-Non-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining malignancies that occur in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the demographics and pathologic features associated with these malignancies have not been completely defined.

Objective.-This study describes the age of onset of malignant disease in patients seropositive for HIV and in control patients presumed to be negative for HIV, but with the same primary site. We compare the demographics and histopathology for both groups.

Design.-From 1993 to 1997, 57 cases involving HIV-- positive patients with ...

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