Ten-year-old boy with hemangiopericytoma and human immunodeficiency virus infection.
This report documents the first case of hemangiopericytoma in an HIV-infected child who is most likely a case of vertical transmission of HIV with slow progression to AIDS. We also raise the possibility that there is a causal relationship between HIV and hemangiopericytoma.
Lauinger
J M
JM
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Beadle
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Thisyakorn
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D002648:Child; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology