malignancy with infectious etiology

Etiology

• cervical cancer
  • human papilloma virus
  • increased incidence in HIV infection
  • risk proportional to number of sexual partners
• rectal cancer
  • human papilloma virus
  • increased incidence in HIV infection
  • risk proportional to number of sexual partners
• Kaposi's sarcoma
  • herpes virus 8
  • primarily in younger HIV-infected homosexual men
  • may be mistaken for bacillary angiomatosis (bartonellosis)
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Epstein-Barr virus
  • increased incidence in HIV infection
• oral hairy leukoplakia
  • Epstein-Barr virus
  • seen in HIV infection
  • responds to antivirals active against herpes virus
• Burkitt's lymphoma
  • Epstein-Barr virus t(8,14)-positive
  • presents as oral & nasopharyngeal cancer in China & Southeast Asia & as post-transplantation lymphoma in immunosuppressed patients
• mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma
  • Helicobacter pylori
  • usually involves GI tract, particularly stomach
  • treat early disease with antibiotics for H pylori
• hepatocellular carcinoma
  • hepatitis B & hepatitis C
  • cirrhosis is the most important risk factor
  • most common causes of cirrhosis
  • chronic hepatitis B
  • hepatitis C
  • alcoholism
  • schistosomyosis in South America

More general terms

• malignant neoplasm (cancer)