Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma in an HIV-positive child

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Mar;30(3):242-4. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318161a9a7.

Abstract

Children with human immunodeficiency virus are at higher risk of developing tumor than the general population, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma being the most frequent malignant tumor in these patients. The report describes the case of a human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive girl who developed an angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma of the soft part of the right knee.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Chronic Disease
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Hemangioma / diagnosis*
  • Hemangioma / surgery
  • Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / diagnosis*
  • Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / surgery
  • Humans
  • Knee / pathology*
  • Knee / surgery
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Reoperation
  • Treatment Outcome