Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma in an HIV-positive child.
Children with human immunodeficiency virus are at higher risk of developing tumor than the general population, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma being the most frequent malignant tumor in these patients. The report describes the case of a human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive girl who developed an angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma of the soft part of the right knee.
Martelli
Laura
L
Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano MI, Italy.
Collini
Paola
P
Meazza
Cristina
C
Bianchi
Alessandra
A
Salvini
Filippo
F
Zaffignani
Elena
E
Favini
Francesca
F
Casanova
Michela
M
Ferrari
Andrea
A
D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D051677:Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome