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Buccal cancer in a female patient with human immunodeficiency virus-2 infection

Author(s) -

Uday Phatak,

Dinesh Badakh

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of cancer research and therapeutics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 0973-1482

pISSN - 1998-4138

DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.143353

Subject(s) - buccal administration , buccal mucosa , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , virus , cancer , viral load , buccal swab , virology , protease inhibitor (pharmacology) , polymerase chain reaction , viral disease , radiation therapy , biology , antiretroviral therapy , oral cavity , dentistry , biochemistry , gene , genetics

This is the first-case report of isolated human immunodeficiency virus-2 (HIV-2) infection that developed squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the buccal mucosa. She was treated with radiotherapy 66 Gy in 30 fractions. HIV-2 infection was diagnosed with Tridot test, and quantitative estimation was done with polymerase chain reaction. Viral load is usually low in HIV-2 patients; similarly tempo of disease progression is also slow. Treatment of SCC of buccal mucosa with or without HIV infection is not different. Protease inhibitor-based anti-retroviral therapy is an appropriate treatment for HIV-2 infection

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