Tumors in the structure of secondary diseases in HIV infection, according to an autopsy of the specialized phthiziopulmonology Department
The target of work was to determine the frequency and forms of malignant neoplasms in the structure of secondary diseases in HIV infection, according to an autopsy and identification features of tanatogenesis in these cases. In materials research 471 autopsy diagnosed with HIV infection from an archive specialized phthiziopulmonology Department from 2003 to 2013 identified 18 cases that met different tumors, which accounted for just 3.8%. Among tumors predominated lymphoma (13 cases), including Hodgkin's lymphoma (2 cases), and Kaposi's sarcoma (4 cases). The relatively low incidence of HIV-associated tumor pathology in our study in comparison with foreign literature data can be explained the specificity of the medical institution (predominance among patients with co-infected HIV-TB), low life expectancy of patients, the absence of antiretroviral treatment and other possible reasons.