Clinicopathological analysis of ten cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients complicated with malignant tumors

Objective: To analyze the clinicopathological characteristics of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS) patients complicated with malignant tumors.Methods: The consulted pathological biopsy and autopsy data of 48 AIDS patients were studied by the combination of clinical analysis,imaging,anatomy and pathology.Results: Among the 48 AIDS cases,10 patients were complicated with malignant tumors;the 2 children acquired the disease from their mothers and 4 of the 8 adults from blood transfusion.Four of the cases were complicated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma,2 cases breast carcinoma,1 case was complicated with Kaposi's sarcoma,1 case hepatic blastoma,1 case esophageal carcinoma and 1 case renal carcinoma.Conclusions: AIDS patients tend to develop malignant tumors with broad spectrum,among which malignant lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma are commonly seen.Diagnosis should be based on pathologic examination.