Highly aggressive squamous cell carcinoma in an HIV-infected patient Carcinoma de células escamosas altamente agressivo em um paciente HIV-positivo

Unusually aggressive forms of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma are being increasingly recognized as a complication of HIV infection. We report the case of a 59-year-old male patient with advanced HIV infection who presented with a highly aggressive SCC lesion over the scalp area with destruction of...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Rogerio Neves-Motta, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry, Carlos Alberto Basílio-de-Oliveira, Ricardo de Souza Carvalho, Carlos José Martins, Walter A. Eyer-Silva, Carlos Alberto Morais-de-Sá
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2004
Subjects:
HIV/Aids
Carcinoma espino-celular
Carcinoma de células escamosas
HIV infection
Squamous cell carcinoma
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822004000600013
https://doaj.org/article/c00537a9948a4a9890fd78ab83764d26
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Summary:Unusually aggressive forms of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma are being increasingly recognized as a complication of HIV infection. We report the case of a 59-year-old male patient with advanced HIV infection who presented with a highly aggressive SCC lesion over the scalp area with destruction of the underlying parietal bone and fulminant clinical progression. Formas altamente agressivas de carcinoma cutâneo de células escamosas vêm sendo reconhecidas como uma importante complicação da infecção pelo HIV. Descrevemos o caso de um paciente do sexo masculino, de 59 anos, que se apresentou com uma lesão altamente agressiva de SCC na região do couro cabeludo, com destruição do osso parietal subjacente e curso clínico fulminante.

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