dc.contributor.author | Butt, FM | |
dc.contributor.author | Chindia, ML | |
dc.contributor.author | Rana, F | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-12T15:40:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-12T15:40:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | F M A BUTT, M L CHINDIA, RANA F. 2012. Oral squamous cell carcinoma in human immunodeficiency virus positive patients: clinicopathological audit. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. n/a(126):276-278 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/32551 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22166489 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND:
Most human immunodeficiency virus positive patients now have a longer life expectancy, with the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy. However, they are now at increased risk of developing a malignancy during their lives.
AIM:
To investigate the age at which oral squamous cell carcinoma presents in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
STUDY DESIGN:
Prospective, clinicohistopathological audit of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
RESULTS:
Of 200 human immunodeficiency virus positive patients, 16 (8 per cent) presented with oral squamous cell carcinoma (nine women and seven men; age range 18-43 years, mean age 31.7 years). The majority of patients (62.5 per cent) had stage III and IV disease (tumour-node-metastasis staging). There was a predilection for poorly differentiated oral squamous cell carcinoma (using Broder's histopathological classification).
CONCLUSION:
Oral squamous cell carcinoma associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection appears to present at a relatively young age. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Oral squamous cell carcinoma in human immunodeficiency virus positive patients: clinicopathological audit | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | College of Health Science | en |