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01-01-2008 | Letter to the Editor

Small-cell anal carcinoma and AIDS: case report and review of the literature

Authors: Thierry Alcindor, Axel Tosikyan, Te Vuong, Victoria Marcus

Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease | Issue 1/2008

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Anal squamous-cell carcinoma has a relatively higher prevalence in HIV-infected individuals than in the general population. In 70% of the cases, it is caused by sexual transmission of the human papillomavirus (HPV). Other anal cancers are rare and have not frequently been described in the setting of HIV infection. In this paper, we report a case of small-cell carcinoma of the anus associated with AIDS. …

Title: Small-cell anal carcinoma and AIDS: case report and review of the literature
Authors: Thierry Alcindor
Axel Tosikyan
Te Vuong
Victoria Marcus
Publication date: 01-01-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 0179-1958
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-007-0283-1

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