Aggressive course of angiofibroma in an HIV-positive patient.
We report nasopharyngeal angiofibroma in a 13 year old boy treated with embolization, surgical excision and radiotherapy, which recurred 13 years later. No features of sarcomatous transformation were found, but the tumor had a locally aggressive course, possibly due to the HIV-positivity of the patient who then died of AIDS. The relations between the clinical course of the tumor and severe immunodeficiency are discussed.
Landonio
G
G
Department of Oncology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy.
Nosari
A
A
Oreste
P
P
Cantoni
S
S
Cattaneo
D
D
Ghislandi
E
E
D000293:Adolescent; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy