Clinical Study
Osteosarcoma in Adult Patients Living with HIV/AIDS
Table 1
Clinical and pathological features of patients included in the study.
| Patient | Age | HIV status | CD4 count | Duration of symptoms (months) | Preexisting lesion | Diagnosis | Location of tumour | LDH | Metastasis | Management |
| 1 | 30 | + | 292 | 12 | Parosteal osteosarcoma | High-grade surface osteosarcoma | Proximal tibia | 675 | None | Amputation, adjuvant chemotherapy
| 2 | 40 | + | 274 | 2 | Parosteal osteosarcoma | High-grade surface osteosarcoma | Distal femur | 383 | Lung | Palliative amputation and chemotherapy
| 3 | 51 | + | 288 | 6 | n/a | Conventional osteosarcoma | Distal femur | 854 | Lung, bone | Palliative amputation and chemotherapy
| 4 | 37 | + | 301 | 24 | Giant cell tumour | Conventional osteosarcoma | Proximal tibia | 441 | Lung | Palliative amputation and chemotherapy
| 5 | 50 | + | 237 | 60 | n/a | Conventional osteosarcoma | Proximal humerus | 2977 | Lung | Palliative chemo- and radiotherapy
| 6 | 43 | − | n/a | 7 | n/a | Conventional osteosarcoma | Proximal tibia | 947 | Lung | Palliative amputation and chemotherapy
| 7 | 33 | − | n/a | 6 | n/a | Conventional osteosarcoma | Distal femur | 1139 | Lung | Palliative amputation and chemotherapy
| 8 | 44 | − | n/a | 7 | n/a | Telangiectatic osteosarcoma | Proximal femur | 415 | None |
Refused surgery, chemo- and radiotherapy |
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