title: Thyroid cancer in a long-term nonprogressor HIV-1 infection.
abstract: Long-term non-progressor HIV infection (LTNP-HIV) is seen in <1 percent of HIV-afflicted population. There are definite criteria for the diagnosis of LTNP-HIV. Malignancies either solid tumors or haematological cancers have not been reported in such population. We report here a rare case of follicular thyroid carcinoma in LTNP-HIV infection. She never had any opportunistic infections. She did not receive anti-retroviral therapy in the entire course of illness and continued to have good quality of life. Treatment of follicular thyroid cancer was similar to other patients without HIV infection. This could be the first case study from India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Medical Oncology Unit II, Shri Siddhivinayak Ganapati Cancer Hospital, Miraj, Sangli, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Uday A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Phatak
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Shri Siddhivinayak Ganapati Cancer Hospital, Miraj, Sangli, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Chitale
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncopathology, Shri Siddhivinayak Ganapati Cancer Hospital, Miraj, Sangli, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Rakhi V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Jagdale
keywords: Follicular thyroid cancer; HIV-1; long-term nonprogressor HIV infection