Regression of a cervical spinal mass following highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in child with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease.
This report documents a case of infiltrating cervical spinal mass, most likely a spinal tumor, in a girl with HIV infection that regressed following HAART and without treatment of the tumor or any anti-infectives.
Leng
Lai Kim
LK
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Pancharoen
Chitsanu
C
Bunupuradah
Torsak
T
Thisyakorn
Usa
U
Trinavarat
Panruethai
P
Sosothikul
Darintr
D
Ananworanich
Jintanat
J
D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D019259:Lamivudine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019829:Nevirapine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018119:Stavudine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents; D019259:Lamivudine; D019829:Nevirapine; D018119:Stavudine