title: Aggressive course of angiofibroma in an HIV-positive patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Landonio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nosari
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oreste
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cantoni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cattaneo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ghislandi
mesh_terms: 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