Link between HIV/Aids and Cancer
CASE STUDY A 65-year-old man with background retroviral disease on ART ( Antiretroviral therapy) presented with histological diagnosis of Prostate adenocarcinoma. He initially had symptoms of occasional dysuria (pain on passing urine), weight loss and constipation. The digital rectal exam ( manual examination of the prostate) at the time revealed a large volume prostate with […]
Sarcoma
A sarcoma is a cancer that arises from transformed cells of mesenchymal (connective tissue) origin. Connective tissue is a broad term that includes bone, cartilage, fat, vascular, or hematopoietic tissues, and sarcomas can arise in any of these types of tissues. TYPES Angiosarcoma,,Chondrosarcoma, Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, Desmoplastic small round cell tumors, Epithelioid sarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), Kaposi’s […]