Some malignant tumours in HIV -infected individuals in Benin City Nigeria

The aim of the study was to report the cases of some malignancies seen in Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) - positive patients seen at the UBTH between January 1999 and December 2003. All patients that presented to the medical and surgical units of the UBTH within the period of the study and who...

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Published inThe Nigerian postgraduate medical journal Vol. 14; no. 3; p. 195
Main Authors Osime, O C, Onunu, A N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nigeria 01.09.2007
Subjects
Comorbidity
Female
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Seropositivity - epidemiology
Humans
Leukemia - epidemiology
Lymphoma, AIDS-Related - epidemiology
Male
Nigeria - epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Sarcoma, Kaposi - epidemiology
Nigeria
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Summary:The aim of the study was to report the cases of some malignancies seen in Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) - positive patients seen at the UBTH between January 1999 and December 2003. All patients that presented to the medical and surgical units of the UBTH within the period of the study and who had histologically confirmed malignant conditions and also tested to HIV were included in the study. The male: female ratio of HIV-seropositivity within the period of study was 1:1.2. The highest incidence of HIV-seropositivity was in 2003 (65.1%). Of the patients that tested positive for HIV, Hodgkin's lymphoma was the commonest form of malignancy while leukaemia was the least common. We conclude that Kaposi's sarcoma is not now so common in HIV-positive patients as previously reported by other studies, while Hodgkin's lymphoma has become rather more prevalent.
ISSN:1117-1936
DOI:10.4103/1117-1936.177543