Genitourinary tumors and HIV1 infection

Eur Urol. 1990;18(1):61-3. doi: 10.1159/000463869.

Abstract

4 patients with solid genitourinary tumors and HIV1 infection have been treated in our institution over the last 2 years. Two patients had seminoma, 1 renal adenocarcinoma and 1 renal angiosarcoma. All had deeply impaired immunity with a low CD4 level. 3 had or developed a true AIDS syndrome according to the WHO and CDC criterias of 1988. The remaining patient was seropositive and died less than 3 months following the diagnosis of renal angiosarcoma. He is the first reported case of renal sarcoma in a patient infected with HIV1. 2 patients were homosexuals, and the 2 others were drug addicts. Along with other reported cases, our cases underline the association between the depression of immunity due to HIV and the onset of solid genitourinary tumors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / complications
  • Dysgerminoma / complications
  • HIV-1 / isolation & purification*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / complications
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications*
  • Male
  • Testicular Neoplasms / complications*