Pseudomesotheliomatous adenocarcinoma of the lung in a patient with HIV infection.
Clinical and pathologic findings are presented of the first reported case in the English-language medical literature of pseudomesotheliomatous adenocarcinoma (PMA) occurring in an HIV-infected patient. PMA is an uncommon variant of peripheral lung cancer which typically occurs in elderly male patients. It mimics a malignant mesothelioma in terms of its clinical presentation and gross and microscopic appearance. The occurrence of this rare tumor in a young HIV-infected patient suggests some association between HIV infection and the development of PMA.
Schreiner
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Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA.
Kirkpatrick
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Askin
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography