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'''Human immunodeficiency virus''', abbreviated '''HIV''', is the causative agent in ''acquire immune deficiency syndrome'' | '''Human immunodeficiency virus''', abbreviated '''HIV''', is generally held to be the causative agent in '''acquire immune deficiency syndrome''', commonly abbreviated '''AIDS'''. | ||
It is associated with a very wide range of pathology including neoplasias and infections. | It is associated with a very wide range of pathology including neoplasias and infections. | ||
Revision as of 12:51, 10 April 2012
Human immunodeficiency virus, abbreviated HIV, is generally held to be the causative agent in acquire immune deficiency syndrome, commonly abbreviated AIDS.
It is associated with a very wide range of pathology including neoplasias and infections.
HIV-associated pathology
Neoplasia
- Kaposi sarcoma.
- Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Primary effusion lymphoma[1] - considered to be a special subtype of DLBCL.[2]
- Leiomyoma and leiomyosarcoma in association with EBV.[3]
Other
Miscellaneous
- Haemophagocytic syndrome.
- Castleman disease, plasma cell variant.
Renal pathology
Infections
- Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP).
- Toxoplasmosis.
- Cryptosporidiosis.
- Tuberculosis.
- Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
- Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare.
- MAC = MAI (Mycobacterium avium intracellulare).[4] (???)
- Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare.
Less common:
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
- Isosporiasis - caused by Isospora belli.[5]
AIDS-defining conditions
There is a long list of AIDS-defining illnesses.[6]
Selected infectious AIDS-defining illnesses
- Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia.
- Candidiasis of esophagus.
- Tuberculosis
Selected neoplastic AIDS-defining illnesses
- Kaposi sarcoma.
- Invasive cervical cancer.
- Burkitt lymphoma.
See also
References
- ↑ Staudt MR, Kanan Y, Jeong JH, Papin JF, Hines-Boykin R, Dittmer DP (July 2004). "The tumor microenvironment controls primary effusion lymphoma growth in vivo". Cancer Res. 64 (14): 4790–9. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-3835. PMID 15256448.
- ↑ Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 322. ISBN 978-1416054542.
- ↑ McClain, KL.; Joshi, VV.; Murphy, SB. (Oct 1996). "Cancers in children with HIV infection.". Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 10 (5): 1189-201. PMID 8880205.
- ↑ URL: http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.
- ↑ URL: http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/DECUNKNOWN.HTML. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.
- ↑ Schneider E, Whitmore S, Glynn KM, Dominguez K, Mitsch A, McKenna MT (December 2008). "Revised surveillance case definitions for HIV infection among adults, adolescents, and children aged <18 months and for HIV infection and AIDS among children aged 18 months to <13 years--United States, 2008". MMWR Recomm Rep 57 (RR-10): 1–12. PMID 19052530. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5710a1.htm.