Cholangiocarcinoma presenting in an adolescent with vertically acquired HIV infection

N Mangeya; A T Mafukidze; M Pascoe; B Mbuwayesango; D Madziva; N Ndlovu; E L Corbett; R F Miller; R A Ferrand

doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008078

Cholangiocarcinoma presenting in an adolescent with vertically acquired HIV infection

Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Oct;19(10):717-8. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008078.

Authors

N Mangeya¹, A T Mafukidze, M Pascoe, B Mbuwayesango, D Madziva, N Ndlovu, E L Corbett, R F Miller, R A Ferrand

Affiliation

¹ Harare Hospital, Department of Anatomy, University of Zimbabwe, Medical School, Harare, Zimbabwe. [email protected]

PMID: 18824629
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008078

Abstract

An adolescent with long-standing HIV infection who was severely immunosuppressed during HIV diagnosis developed cholangiocarcinoma 1.5 years after starting antiretroviral therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Bile Duct Neoplasms / complications*
Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic* / pathology
Cholangiocarcinoma / complications*
Fatal Outcome
HIV Infections / complications*
HIV Infections / diagnosis
HIV Infections / transmission
HIV Infections / virology
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
Male