Regression of A Cervical Spinal Mass following Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in Child with Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Disease
Lai Kim Leng MS*, Chitsanu Pancharoen MD**, Torsak Bunupuradah MD***, Usa Thisyakorn MD**, Panruethai Trinavarat MD****, Darintr Sosothikul MD*****, Jintanat Ananworanich MD***
Affiliation : * University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ** Department of Infectious Disease, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand *** The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration (HIV-NAT), Bangkok, Thailand **** Department of Radiology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand ***** Hematology and Oncology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
This report documents a case of infiltrating cervical spinal mass, most likely a spinal tumor, in a girl with HIV infection that regressed following HAART and without treatment of the tumor or any anti-infectives.
Keywords : HIV, Spinal tumor, Spinal mass, ARV, HAART, Leiomyosarcoma, Cancer
