HIV-infected patients with anal carcinoma who subsequently developed oral squamous cell carcinoma: report of 2 cases

J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2008 Nov-Dec;7(6):306-10. doi: 10.1177/1545109708327490. Epub 2008 Dec 4.

Abstract

We describe 2 patients who had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and who first developed human papillomavirus (HPV)-related anal squamous cell carcinoma and later, oral squamous cell carcinoma. At the time each patient developed oral cancer, they were responding well to antiretroviral therapy with undetectable viral loads. Careful screening for oral cancers may be indicated in HIV-infected patients with HPV-associated anal cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anus Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis*
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV-1
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mouth Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary*
  • Papillomaviridae
  • Papillomavirus Infections / complications*